Ancient Greek & Roman

Cyrus the Poet

6th century AD (Paton’s date)


Cyrus the Poet is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 6th century AD. Paton's index lists the poet among the writers of the Cycle of Agathias, compiled in the sixth century AD.

This archive carries the 1 epigram ascribed to the poet in the second volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Book VII: 557).

  1. Book VII, 557
  2. Book IX, 136
  3. Book IX, 623
  4. Book IX, 808: On the House of Maximinus
  5. Book IX, 809: On a Statue of Pindar
  6. Book XV, 9: In Praise of the Emperor Theodosius
  7. Book XV, 10

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