Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Mnasalcas

4th century BC (?) (Paton’s date)

Mnasalcas is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 4th century BC (?). Paton's index lists the poet among the writers of Meleager's Wreath, the Garland compiled about 100 BC.

This archive carries the 5 epigrams ascribed to the poet in the first volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Books I–VI) (Book VI: 9, 125, 128, 264, 268).

Poems (22)

  1. Book VI, 9
  2. Book VI, 125
  3. Book VI, 128
  4. Book VI, 264
  5. Book VI, 268
  6. Book VII, 54: On the Same
  7. Book VII, 171
  8. Book VII, 192: On a Locust
  9. Book VII, 194
  10. Book VII, 212: On a Mare
  11. Book VII, 242
  12. Book VII, 488
  13. Book VII, 491
  14. Book IX, 70
  15. Book IX, 324
  16. Book IX, 333
  17. Book XII, 138
  18. To Artemis of the Oakwood (Mackail)
  19. On the Dead in an Unknown Battle (Mackail)
  20. The Shrine by the Sea (1) (Mackail)
  21. The Autumn Bower (Mackail)
  22. The Dead Fowler (Mackail)

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