Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Palladas of Alexandria

4th century AD

Palladas of Alexandria was a grammarian and the last great epigrammatist of pagan Alexandria, known for bitter, satirical verse. The editor dates him to the fourth century AD; Paton's index says the fifth.

The epigrams here are those that Paton's first volume ascribes to him.

Poems (172)

  1. Book V, 71
  2. Book V, 72
  3. Book V, 257
  4. Book VI, 60
  5. Book VI, 61
  6. Book VI, 85
  7. Book VII, 607
  8. Book VII, 610
  9. Book VII, 681
  10. Book VII, 682
  11. Book VII, 683
  12. Book VII, 684
  13. Book VII, 685
  14. Book VII, 686
  15. Book VII, 687
  16. Book VII, 688
  17. Book IX, 5
  18. Book IX, 6
  19. Book IX, 119
  20. Book IX, 165
  21. Book IX, 166
  22. Book IX, 167
  23. Book IX, 169
  24. Book IX, 170
  25. Book IX, 171
  26. Book IX, 172
  27. Book IX, 173
  28. Book IX, 174
  29. Book IX, 175
  30. Book IX, 176
  31. Book IX, 180
  32. Book IX, 181
  33. Book IX, 182
  34. Book IX, 183
  35. Book IX, 377
  36. Book IX, 378
  37. Book IX, 379
  38. Book IX, 393
  39. Book IX, 394
  40. Book IX, 395
  41. Book IX, 397
  42. Book IX, 400
  43. Book IX, 401
  44. Book IX, 441: On a Statue of Heracles
  45. Book IX, 484
  46. Book IX, 486
  47. Book IX, 487
  48. Book IX, 489
  49. Book IX, 502
  50. Book IX, 503
  51. Book IX, 508
  52. Book IX, 528: On the House of Marina
  53. Book IX, 773
  54. Book IX, 168
  55. Book X, 32
  56. Book X, 34
  57. Book X, 44
  58. Book X, 45
  59. Book X, 46
  60. Book X, 47
  61. Book X, 48
  62. Book X, 49
  63. Book X, 50
  64. Book X, 51
  65. Book X, 52
  66. Book X, 53
  67. Book X, 54
  68. Book X, 55
  69. Book X, 56
  70. Book X, 57
  71. Book X, 58
  72. Book X, 59
  73. Book X, 60
  74. Book X, 61
  75. Book X, 62
  76. Book X, 63
  77. Book X, 65
  78. Book X, 72
  79. Book X, 73
  80. Book X, 75
  81. Book X, 77
  82. Book X, 78
  83. Book X, 79
  84. Book X, 80
  85. Book X, 81
  86. Book X, 82
  87. Book X, 83
  88. Book X, 84
  89. Book X, 85
  90. Book X, 86
  91. Book X, 87
  92. Book X, 88
  93. Book X, 89
  94. Book X, 90
  95. Book X, 91
  96. Book X, 92
  97. Book X, 93
  98. Book X, 94
  99. Book X, 95
  100. Book X, 96
  101. Book X, 97
  102. Book X, 98
  103. Book X, 99
  104. Book XI, 54
  105. Book XI, 55
  106. Book XI, 62
  107. Book XI, 204
  108. Book XI, 255
  109. Book XI, 263
  110. Book XI, 280
  111. Book XI, 281
  112. Book XI, 283
  113. Book XI, 285
  114. Book XI, 286
  115. Book XI, 287
  116. Book XI, 288
  117. Book XI, 289
  118. Book XI, 290
  119. Book XI, 291
  120. Book XI, 292
  121. Book XI, 293
  122. Book XI, 299
  123. Book XI, 300
  124. Book XI, 301
  125. Book XI, 302
  126. Book XI, 303
  127. Book XI, 304
  128. Book XI, 305
  129. Book XI, 306
  130. Book XI, 307
  131. Book XI, 317
  132. Book XI, 323
  133. Book XI, 340
  134. Book XI, 341
  135. Book XI, 349
  136. Book XI, 351
  137. Book XI, 353
  138. Book XI, 355
  139. Book XI, 357
  140. Book XI, 371
  141. Book XI, 373
  142. Book XI, 377
  143. Book XI, 378
  144. Book XI, 381
  145. Book XI, 383
  146. Book XI, 384
  147. Book XI, 385
  148. Book XI, 386
  149. Book XI, 387
  150. Book XV, 20
  151. Book XVI, 207: On a Statue of Love
  152. Book XVI, 282
  153. Book XVI, 284: On another Picture of a Dancing Girl in the Sosthenion
  154. Book XVI, 285: On the Gilded Picture of a Female Lyrist
  155. Book XVI, 286: On the Dancer Helladia
  156. Book XVI, 287: On the Same
  157. Fortune's Master (Mackail)
  158. The Married Man (Mackail)
  159. The Faultless Dancer (Mackail)
  160. Minimum Credula Postero (Mackail)
  161. Parta Quies (Mackail)
  162. The Voyage of Life (Mackail)
  163. Daily Birth (Mackail)
  164. The Breath of Life (Mackail)
  165. The Price of Riches (Mackail)
  166. Nil Expedit (Mackail)
  167. The Slaughter-House (Mackail)
  168. Lacrimae Rerum (Mackail)
  169. Quietism (Mackail)
  170. Equanimity (Mackail)
  171. The Rules of the Game (Mackail)
  172. The Last Word (Mackail)

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