Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Crinagoras of Mytilene

c. 70 BC – after AD 11

Crinagoras of Mytilene (c. 70 BC – after AD 11) belonged to the circle of Augustus and Octavia and served as an envoy of his city to Rome. He is among the main poets of the Garland of Philippus.

The epigrams here are those that Paton's first volume ascribes to him.

Poems (59)

  1. Book V, 108: Epitaph on a lady called Prote
  2. Book V, 119
  3. Book VI, 100
  4. Book VI, 161
  5. Book VI, 227
  6. Book VI, 229
  7. Book VI, 232
  8. Book VI, 242
  9. Book VI, 244
  10. Book VI, 253
  11. Book VI, 261
  12. Book VI, 345
  13. Book VI, 350: To a Trumpet
  14. Book VII, 371
  15. Book VII, 376
  16. Book VII, 380
  17. Book VII, 401
  18. Book VII, 628
  19. Book VII, 633
  20. Book VII, 636
  21. Book VII, 638
  22. Book VII, 643
  23. Book VII, 645
  24. Book VII, 741
  25. Book IX, 81
  26. Book IX, 224
  27. Book IX, 234
  28. Book IX, 235: On the marriage of Cleopatra (daughter of Antony and Cleopatra) with Juba, King of Numidia
  29. Book IX, 239
  30. Book IX, 276
  31. Book IX, 283
  32. Book IX, 284
  33. Book IX, 291: Written after a reverse of the Roman arms in Germany
  34. Book IX, 419
  35. Book IX, 429
  36. Book IX, 430
  37. Book IX, 439: On a Skull
  38. Book IX, 513: On an Actor
  39. Book IX, 516
  40. Book IX, 542
  41. Book IX, 545: With a copy of Callimachus’ Hecale
  42. Book IX, 555: On the Island of Sybota
  43. Book IX, 559
  44. Book IX, 560
  45. Book IX, 562
  46. Book X, 24
  47. Book XI, 42
  48. Book XVI, 40
  49. Book XVI, 61
  50. Book XVI, 199: On the Same
  51. Book XVI, 273: On a Picture of the Physician Praxagoras
  52. To the God of the Sea (Mackail)
  53. To the Gods of the Chase (Mackail)
  54. The Great Mysteries (Mackail)
  55. A Rose in Winter (Mackail)
  56. At the World's End (Mackail)
  57. Telluris Amor (Mackail)
  58. Sanctissima Coniunx (Mackail)
  59. Roses in Winter

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