Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Erycius

1st century BC (Paton’s date)

Erycius is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 1st century BC. Paton's index lists the poet among the writers of the Wreath of Philippus, the Garland compiled in the first century AD.

This archive carries the 6 epigrams ascribed to the poet in the second volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Book VII: 36, 174, 230, 368, 377, 397).

Poems (12)

  1. Book VII, 36: On Sophocles
  2. Book VII, 174: On the Same
  3. Book VII, 230
  4. Book VII, 368
  5. Book VII, 377
  6. Book VII, 397
  7. Book IX, 233
  8. Book IX, 237
  9. Book IX, 558
  10. Book IX, 824
  11. Book XVI, 242: On the Same
  12. On the Grave of an Athenian Woman at Cyzicus (Mackail)

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