Poetry Codex

Ancient Greek & Roman

Synesius the Philosopher

c. 373 – c. 414

Synesius of Cyrene was a Neoplatonist philosopher, orator and poet who later became bishop of Ptolemais. Paton’s Index of Authors lists him as Synesius the Philosopher and dates him to the 5th century AD.

This archive carries the 2 epigrams ascribed to the poet in the fifth volume of W. R. Paton's prose translation (Loeb, 1918): Book XVI: 76, 79.

Poems (6)

  1. Book XVI, 76
  2. Book XVI, 79: On his Sister
  3. When darkness falls and night is here
  4. O may my soul, uncrushed by care
  5. Up, up, my soul, on wings of praise
  6. In the Father's glory shining

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