Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Leonidas of Tarentum

fl. early 3rd century BC

Leonidas of Tarentum, a Hellenistic epigrammatist of the early third century BC, is known for epitaphs and for dedications by poor country folk and craftsmen, often with a touch of humour about poverty.

In this archive every epigram that Paton heads simply “Leonidas” is filed here; the isopsepha of Leonidas of Alexandria (Book VI, 321–329) are not included.

Poems (114)

  1. Book V, 188
  2. Book V, 206
  3. Book VI, 4
  4. Book VI, 13
  5. Book VI, 35
  6. Book VI, 44
  7. Book VI, 120
  8. Book VI, 129
  9. Book VI, 130
  10. Book VI, 131
  11. Book VI, 188
  12. Book VI, 200
  13. Book VI, 202
  14. Book VI, 204
  15. Book VI, 205
  16. Book VI, 211
  17. Book VI, 221
  18. Book VI, 226
  19. Book VI, 262
  20. Book VI, 263
  21. Book VI, 281
  22. Book VI, 286
  23. Book VI, 288
  24. Book VI, 289
  25. Book VI, 293
  26. Book VI, 296
  27. Book VI, 298
  28. Book VI, 300
  29. Book VI, 302
  30. Book VI, 305
  31. Book VI, 309
  32. Book VI, 334
  33. Book VI, 355
  34. Book VII, 13: On the Same
  35. Book VII, 19: On the Same
  36. Book VII, 35: On the Same
  37. Book VII, 67: On the Same
  38. Book VII, 163
  39. Book VII, 198
  40. Book VII, 264
  41. Book VII, 266
  42. Book VII, 273
  43. Book VII, 283
  44. Book VII, 295
  45. Book VII, 316
  46. Book VII, 408
  47. Book VII, 422
  48. Book VII, 440
  49. Book VII, 448
  50. Book VII, 452
  51. Book VII, 455
  52. Book VII, 463
  53. Book VII, 466
  54. Book VII, 472
  55. Book VII, 472b
  56. Book VII, 478
  57. Book VII, 480
  58. Book VII, 503
  59. Book VII, 504
  60. Book VII, 506
  61. Book VII, 648
  62. Book VII, 652
  63. Book VII, 654
  64. Book VII, 655
  65. Book VII, 656
  66. Book VII, 657
  67. Book VII, 660
  68. Book VII, 661
  69. Book VII, 662
  70. Book VII, 663
  71. Book VII, 665
  72. Book VII, 715
  73. Book VII, 719
  74. Book VII, 726
  75. Book VII, 731
  76. Book VII, 736
  77. Book VII, 740
  78. Book IX, 24
  79. Book IX, 25
  80. Book IX, 99
  81. Book IX, 316
  82. Book IX, 318
  83. Book IX, 320
  84. Book IX, 322
  85. Book IX, 326
  86. Book IX, 329
  87. Book IX, 335
  88. Book IX, 337
  89. Book IX, 563
  90. Book IX, 719
  91. Book IX, 744
  92. Book X, 1
  93. Book XVI, 182: On the Same
  94. Book XVI, 190: On a Statue of Hermes
  95. Book XVI, 230
  96. Book XVI, 236: On a Statue of Priapus
  97. Book XVI, 261: On Priapus
  98. On the Same (Mackail)
  99. On Prexo, Wife of Theocritus of Samos (Mackail)
  100. Erinna (2) (Mackail)
  101. The Hunter God (Mackail)
  102. Saved by Faith (Mackail)
  103. The Roadside Pool (Mackail)
  104. Spring on the Coast (1) (Mackail)
  105. Sed Terrae Graviora (Mackail)
  106. The Vintage-Revel (Mackail)
  107. A Citizen of the Republic (Mackail)
  108. The Withered Vine (Mackail)
  109. The Old Shepherd (Mackail)
  110. The Little Sister (Mackail)
  111. Childless Among Women (Mackail)
  112. Two Eternities (Mackail)
  113. Erinna
  114. The Fountain Head

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