Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Nicarchus

1st century AD (Paton’s date)

Nicarchus 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 AD.

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 V: 38, 39, 40; Book VI: 31, 285).

Poems (55)

  1. Book V, 38
  2. Book V, 39
  3. Book V, 40
  4. Book VI, 31
  5. Book VI, 285
  6. Book VII, 159
  7. Book IX, 330
  8. Book IX, 576: On a Statue of Athena holding an Apple. Aphrodite speaks
  9. Book XI, 1
  10. Book XI, 7
  11. Book XI, 17
  12. Book XI, 18
  13. Book XI, 71
  14. Book XI, 73
  15. Book XI, 74
  16. Book XI, 82
  17. Book XI, 96
  18. Book XI, 110
  19. Book XI, 111
  20. Book XI, 112
  21. Book XI, 113
  22. Book XI, 114
  23. Book XI, 115
  24. Book XI, 116
  25. Book XI, 124
  26. Book XI, 162
  27. Book XI, 169
  28. Book XI, 170
  29. Book XI, 186
  30. Book XI, 241
  31. Book XI, 242
  32. Book XI, 243
  33. Book XI, 251
  34. Book XI, 252
  35. Book XI, 329
  36. Book XI, 330
  37. Book XI, 331
  38. Book XI, 332
  39. Book XI, 395
  40. Book XI, 398
  41. Book XI, 406
  42. Book XI, 407
  43. Lost Drink (Mackail)
  44. The Popular Singer (Mackail)
  45. Slow and Sure (Mackail)
  46. God and the Doctor (Mackail)
  47. The Physician and the Astrologer (Mackail)
  48. Simon the Oculist (Mackail)
  49. Scientific Surgery (Mackail)
  50. Soothsaying (Mackail)
  51. Cross Purposes (Mackail)
  52. The Patent Stove (Mackail)
  53. The Lifeboat (Mackail)
  54. Nicon's Nose (Mackail)
  55. The Use of Life (Mackail)

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