Ancient Greek & Roman

Nossis

fl. c. 300 BC


Nossis of Locri, in southern Italy, wrote epigrams around 300 BC. Her short poems often record dedications by women and portraits of women, and she is often linked with Sappho.

The epigrams here are the ones that Paton's first volume ascribes to her.

  1. Book V, 170
  2. Book VI, 132
  3. Book VI, 265
  4. Book VI, 273
  5. Book VI, 275
  6. Book VI, 353
  7. Book VI, 354
  8. Book VII, 414
  9. Book VII, 718
  10. Book IX, 332
  11. Book IX, 604
  12. Book IX, 605
  13. Love's Sweetness (Mackail)
  14. Rhintho (Mackail)
  15. Roses of Cypris
  16. Rintho's Grave

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