Ancient Greek & Roman

Nicaenetus

3rd century BC (Paton’s date)


Nicaenetus is one of the epigrammatists whose short poems were gathered in the Greek Anthology. Paton's index of authors dates the poet to 3rd 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 1 epigram ascribed to the poet in the first volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Books I–VI) (Book VI: 225).

  1. Book VI, 225
  2. Book VII, 502
  3. Book XIII, 29
  4. Book XVI, 191: On Another
  5. On Biton of Amphipolis, Lost at Sea (Mackail)
  6. Green Summer (Mackail)

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