other uses Weasel date March 2009 An epigram is a brief, clever, and usually memorable statement. Derived ... inscribe , ref http www.etymonline.com index.php?term epigram ref this literary device has been employed ... epigrams did the same job as a short prose text might have done, but in verse. Epigram became a literary ... epigrams. Though modern epigrams are usually thought of as very short, Greek literary epigram was not always as short as later examples, and the divide between epigram and elegy is sometimes indistinct ... of literary epigram look back to inscriptional contexts, particularly funerary epigram, which in the Hellenistic ... which epigram acquired at this time, even as it made the move from stone to papyrus the Greek symposium ... or listeners to drink and live for today because life is short. We also think of epigram as having ... behave this way many are simply descriptive. We associate epigram with point because the European epigram tradition takes the Latin poet Martial as its principal model he copied and adapted Greek ... by among others his contemporary Juvenal . Greek epigram was actually much more diverse, as the Milan Papyrus now indicates. Our main source for Greek literary epigram is the Greek Anthology ... that it is happening, and am tormented greatly. The master of the Latin epigram, however, is Martial ... closer to the modern idea of epigram as a genre. Here he defines his genre against a probably fictional ..., write even a couplet too long. Another example of an epigram by Martial Mentula tam magna est quantus ... epigram and proverb, especially in the translations of the Bible and the Greek and Roman ... An Essay on Man . In Victorian times the epigram couplet was often used by the prolific American ... VIII of the sequence. During the early 20th century, the rhymed epigram couplet form developed into a fixed ... epigrams What is an Epigram? A dwarfish whole Its body brevity, and wit its soul. &mdash Samuel ... the epigram s tendency towards paradox . Dorothy Parker s witty one liners can be considered epigrams ... more details
An epigram is a short poem with a clever twist, or a concise and witty statement. Epigram may also refer to Epigram programming language , a functional programming language with dependent types Epigram newspaper Epigram newspaper , the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol Epigram horse , Canadian racehorse Epigram band , a Canadian 4 piece instrumental rock band disambig fr pigramme homonymie ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Epigram image Image Epigram newspaper front cover.jpg 180px type Fortnightly newspaper ... Epigram is the independent student newspaper of the University of Bristol . ref http www.epigram.org.uk Epigram Online Bristol University s Independent Student Newspaper Bot generated title ... at Bristol. ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1434 Epigram Online Scaling the heights of the BBC ... Lewis , was a writer for Epigram in its early years. ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1350 Epigram Online Fleet Street s rising star Bot generated title ref Epigram is produced fortnightly during ... http www.epigram.org.uk contactlist.php Epigram Online Bristol University s Independent Student Newspaper Bot generated title ref Political stance Epigram takes a strong pro student stance, and often places itself as the voice of the students in a debate. In November 2006 Epigram published appeals ... published in Epigram was picked up by The Times newspaper and the BBC ref http e paper.timesonline.co.uk ... Education Tutorials hit by staffing cuts Bot generated title ref The Telegraph cites Epigram in stating ... stance when an Epigram story focusing on students becoming lap dancers and one Bristol University ... for fees Bot generated title ref An Epigram report into drugs use at the University was similarly was picked ... Cocaine found at university bars Bot generated title ref Recent Epigram campaigns have ruffled ... view.php?id 1342 Epigram Online The high price of hall living Bot generated title ref Relationship with University of Bristol Union Epigram bills itself as Bristol University s Independent ... name epigram.org.uk There have been occasions in the past when Epigram has published articles which ... policy ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1583 Epigram Online Understated Bot generated title ref . Awards Epigram is frequently nominated at the Guardian Student Media Awards in a number ... good year for Epigram at the Guardian Student Media Awards, with Luke Dylan Benedict winning student ... more details
Thoroughbred racehorse infobox horsename Epigram image caption sire Flares horse Flares grandsire Gallant Fox dam Hasty Bet damsire Reigh Count sex Stallion horse Stallion foaled 1949 country Canada colour Bay horse Bay breeder E. P. Taylor owner Three Vs Stable trainer 1 Gordon J. McCann br 2 Stanley V. Bowden record 25 3 6 4 earnings Canadian dollar Can 24,062 race William Hendrie Memorial Handicap 1952 Canadian Classic Races Canadian Classic Race wins br Queen s Plate 1952 awards honours updated April 4, 2010 Epigram foaled 1949 in Ontario was a Canada Canadian Thoroughbred horse racing racehorse best known for winning the 1952 Queen s Plate , Canada s most prestigious race and North America North America s oldest annually run stakes race. Bred and raced by E. P. Taylor , his dam was Hasty Bet, a daughter of Reigh Count , the 1928 Kentucky Derby winner and a National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. Epigram was a son of the American bred winner of the 1938 Ascot Gold Cup , Flares horse Flares , who in turn was a son of Gallant Fox , the 1930 United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing U.S. Triple Crown winner and a U.S. Racing Hall of Fame inductee. ref http www.pedigreequery.com epigram2 Epigram s pedigree and partial racing stats ref In a rare mistake by the E. P. Taylor racing team, Epigram was entered in a September 1951 claiming race and was taken for 2,500 by Three Vs Stable, owned by the Veal brothers, Frank, Lawrence and Gordon, proprietors of a Studebaker dealership in Toronto . ref Cauz, Louis E. The Plate . 1984 Deneau Publishers ISBN 0 88879 104 6 ref Epigram entered the 1952 Queen s Plate having never won a race and having only earned 75. At the time when the distance was set at one and an eighth miles, in a twenty one horse field Epigram won the Queen s Plate by defeating E. P. Taylor s horse Dress Circle and Acadian ... 23, 1952 Ottawa Citizen article on Epigram winning the Queen s Plate ref References refs Category 1949 ... more details
A xenia epigram is an epigram attached to a gift, sometimes as represented in a xenia motif xenia mosaic . Originally found in Latin literature , it was revived in the nineteenth century. An example With a Mosaic Forget me not Accept and wear this constant flower, Thus copied out by art. It blooms in Nature but its hour, For ever in the heart. Affections into habits grown, Lives fastened in one lot, The flower has strengthened into stone We name Forget me not. References cite book author Nathaniel Langdon Frothingham title Metrical Pieces Translated and Original location Boston publisher Croby, Nichols date 1855 url http books.google.com books?id xZIL7EBAuQUC&pg PA349&dq xenia mosaic&lr lang en 7Clang el&ei VK UR8SVCpvU7AKj48izBw&ie ISO 8859 7 page 349 Category Genres of poetry Category Latin literature ... more details
New unreviewed article source ArticleWizard date November 2010 Infobox Company company name Epigram Books company logo File Epigram Books Logo.jpg Epigram Books foundation 1991 location Singapore industry Publishing and Design products Literary Fiction, Cookbooks, Food guides, Children s books, Poetry, Memoirs, Art and Photography, Special interests, Coffee table books, Custom publishing homepage http www.epigram.com.sg Epigram Books Epigram Books is a Singapore based independent publisher, with a focus on Asiatic themes and a strong emphasis on design. They also produce commemorative books and coffee table books for galleries, corporations and other institutions. The company was established in 1991 as a design consultancy called Epigram. They branched into publishing with the release of mountaineer David Lim s first book, Mountain to Climb The Quest for Everest and Beyond . Since, they have published various books ranging from literary books to cookbooks, food guides, children s books and memoirs. The design arm continues to provide services such as art direction, publication design, branding, signage and way finding, and editorial development. In 2010 they published There s No Carrot in Carrot Cake , a guide book to Singapore s street food or Hawker centre hawker food as it is commonly known , the foreword to which, written by Singapore s Ambassador At Large Tommy Koh , sparked off a debate in the media about the need for a culinary school to preserve Singapore s food heritage. ref http admpreview.straitstimes.com 90 vgn ext templating v index.jsp?vgnextoid 62cd49aa0d59a210VgnVCM100000430a0a0aRCRD&vgnextchannel 016fe84edfbf8110VgnVCM100000350a0a0aRCRD ref Another popular ... s Cantonese Recipes , and Robin s Eurasian Recipes . Epigram Books is also well known in the Singapore ... m Tough, I Tweet was launched in November 2010. Epigram Books recently published the first book by Singapore ... . The book was launched in December 2010. Popular titles published by Epigram Books The Syonan Years ... more details
Image Mandelstam Stalin Epigram c.jpg thumb Autograph of Stalin Epigram written down at the time of Mandelstam s interrogation in prison. The Stalin epigram , also known as The Kremlin Highlander lang ru is a satire satirical poem by the Russia n Acmeism Acmeist poet Osip Mandelstam , dated as being written in November 1933 . Only 16 lines in length, the poem was in large part responsible for Mandelstam s arrest, imprisonment and ultimate death it is both a suicide note and a searing indictment of leader Joseph Stalin and his entourage. The Kremlin Highlander , of course, is Stalin, referring to his Caucasus Mountains origin. The last words in the poem about Ossetian torso refer to a rumor that Stalin was born from a person of Ossetian people Ossetian ethnicity rather than from his official father, Besarion Jughashvili , who was a Georgian people Georgian . The poem describes the climate of fear in Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Soviet Russia ref http wikilivres.info wiki Stalin Epigram Translation by Dmitri Smirnov , can be reproduced if non commercial ref class toccolours style float left margin left 2em margin right 1em font size 90 background c6dbf7 width 30em max width 40 cellspacing 5 style text align middle center center We are living, but can t feel the land where we stay, More than ten steps away you can t hear what we say. But if people would talk on occasion, They should mention the Kremlin Caucasian. His thick fingers are bulky and fat like live baits, And his accurate words are as heavy as weights. Cucaracha s moustaches are screaming, And his boot tops are shining and gleaming. But around him a crowd of thin necked henchmen, And he plays with the services of these half men. Some are whistling, some meowing, some sniffing, He s alone booming, poking and whiffing. He is forging his rules and decrees like horseshoes Into groins, into foreheads, in eyes, and eyebrows. Every killing for him is delight, And Ossetian torso is wide ... more details
Infobox programming language name Epigram logo paradigm Functional programming Functional year 2004 designer Conor McBride and br James McKinna developer the Epigram group latest release version 1 release date mf yes 2006 10 11 latest release date release date mf yes 2006 10 11 typing strong typing strong , static typing static , dependent typing dependent implementations dialects influenced by Algebraic ... Windows Windows , Mac OS X license Unspecified website http www.e pig.org file ext Epigram is the name of a functional programming language with dependent type s. Epigram also refers to the Integrated development environment IDE usually packaged with the language. Epigram s type system is strong ... by the compiler . Epigram exploits the propositions as types principle , and is based on intuitionistic type theory . The Epigram prototype was implemented by Conor McBride based on joint work with James McKinna. Its development is continued by the Epigram group in Nottingham , Durham , St Andrews and Royal Holloway in the United Kingdom UK . The current experimental implementation of the Epigram ... has been used under Linux , Microsoft Windows Windows and Mac OS X . Syntax Epigram uses a two ... pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram Tutorial Examples The natural numbers The following ... pre plus x y rec x plus x y case x plus zero y y plus suc x y suc plus x y pre Dependent types Epigram ... of type math P math eventually takes. Full dependent types, as implemented in Epigram, are a powerful ... pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram Tutorial . It is planned that the forthcoming version of Epigram, Epigram 2, will be based on http portal.acm.org citation.cfm?id 1292597.1292608 Observational ... External links The http www.e pig.org home page of the Epigram project Conor McBride and James McKinna ... Programming Conor McBride 2004 , http www.e pig.org downloads epigram system.pdf The Epigram Prototype, a nod and two winks pdf Conor McBride 2004 , http www.e pig.org downloads epigram notes.pdf The Epigram ... more details
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dablink For the consul, see Marcus Lollius . Lollius Bassus is the author of ten epigrams in the Greek Anthology . He is called, in the title of the second epigram, a native of Smyrna . His time is fixed by the tenth epigram, on the death of Germanicus , who died 19 AD. Perhaps the same Lollius to whom Horace wrote an Ode. References reflist Tacitus . Ann. ii. 71. SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Smyrnaeans Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category Roman era poets Category 1st century Romans Category 1st century poets hu Lollius Bassus ... more details
Ablabius Greek polytonic or Ablavius was the name of several different people in the ancient world. Ablabius, a physician on whose death there is an epigram by Theosebia in the Greek Anthology Ablabius the Illustrious polytonic , author of an epigram in the Greek Anthology , on the quoit of Asclepiades . Ablabius consul 331 was Praetorian prefect of the East of Constantine I, from 329 to 337 338 Ablabius floruit 4th 5th century wrote a history of the Goths based on Gothic legends and sources, which was used by Cassiodorus and Jordanes Ablabius assassin Ablabius , a man who attempted to kill Justinian I in 562. hndis bg ca Ablavius de Ablabius ru ... more details
Alpheus Mytilenaeus ancient Greek Gr. polytonic was the author of about twelve epigram s in the Greek Anthology , some of which seem to point out the time when he wrote. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Smith first Philip authorlink title Alpheus Mytilenaeus editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 134 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0143.html ref In the seventh epigram he refers to the state of the Roman Empire , as embracing almost all the known world in the ninth he speaks of the restored and flourishing city of Troy and in the tenth he alludes to an epigram by Antipater of Sidon . Antipater lived under Augustus , in the second half of the 1st century BC, and Troy had received great favors from Julius Caesar and Augustus. ref Strabo , Geographica xiii. p. 889 ref Therefore it is not improbable that Alpheus also wrote under Augustus. It is true that in the fourth epigram he addresses a certain Macrinus, but there is no reason to suppose that this was the emperor Macrinus . Another difficulty has been stated, on the ground that the eleventh epigram was inscribed, as we learn from Pausanias geographer Pausanias , ref Pausanias geographer Pausanias , Description of Greece viii. 52. 3 ref on the statue of Philopoemen in Tegea , and that it is very improbable that such a statue should have stood without an inscription till the time of Alpheus. This may be moot, as scholarly opinion is divided about whether or not this epigram can even be attributed to Alpheus. ref Jacobs, Anthol. Graec. xiii. p. 839 ref References reflist SmithDGRBM Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category Ancient Mytileneans Category Roman era Greeks Category 1st century BC poets ca Alfeu Mitileneu ... more details
and to Augustus niece Antonia Minor . In other epigram, Crinagoras speaks of a sea voyage that he undertook from Asia to Italy , visiting Cyclades and Corfu on the way. However, the most well known epigram that Crinagoras wrote was the epigram below , that is considered to the eulogy of Ptolemaic dynasty ... light in common, And mingled her own darkness with her death. Crinagoras had written the above epigram ... more details
multiple issues wikify June 2010 orphan June 2010 A Glass Eye at a Keyhole is a book written in 1938 by Mary Pettibone Poole. It is a book of epigram s, many of which were devised by Mary during her experimentation with hallucinogen ic substances. Some of it is inspired by her personal life, sexual encounters and struggle with Crohn s disease. The book was banned in the USSR during 1940 s as it was considered to promote religious and sexual freedoms, incompatible with socialism. DEFAULTSORT Glass Eye at a Keyhole, A Category 1938 books book stub ... more details
Proposed deletion dated concern Fails WP NEO and WP MADEUP timestamp 20110403201206 prod2 Waggs Law is an adage or epigram stated as anything that can go right will go right. Established in April 3, 2011 at the house of Christopher. Fate and strings of events conceived the ideology. References See Wikipedia Footnotes on how to create references using ref ref tags which will then appear here automatically Reflist External links http www.example.com example.com Categories Category Articles created via the Article Wizard ... more details
Philippus of Thessalonica Ancient Greek Greek 1st century or Philippus Epigrammaticus was the compiler of an Anthology of epigram Epigrammatists subsequent to Meleager of Gadara and is himself the author of 72 epigrams in the Greek Anthology .Philippus has one word which describes the epigram by a single quality he calls his work an oligostikhia or collection of poems not exceeding a few lines in length.Philippus own epigrams, of which over seventy are extant, are generally rather dull,chiefly school exercises, and, in the phrase of Jacobs, imitatione magis quam inventione conspicua . But we owe to him the preservation of a large mass of work belonging to the Roman period. References http ancienthistory.about.com od anthology ss GkAnthBio4c.htm About.com http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 2622.html Ancient Library http www.fullbooks.com Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology1.html Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by J. W. Mackail Ancient Greece writer stub Category Anthologists Category Roman era poets Category Ancient Thessalonians Category Ancient Macedonian poets Category Ancient Macedonian anthologists Category Ancient Greek anthologists Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category 1st century poets ca Filip de Tessal nica ... more details
The xenia motif in Roman mosaic is a still life motif visual arts motif consisting of a grouping of various items, mostly edible, representing a generous offering a xenia from a wealthy host to his guests. Typical elements of a xenia motif include game hanging from hooks, fish, baskets of fruit often overturned , and the like. Vitruvius lists specifically poultry, eggs, vegetables, and other country produce . ref de Architectura , http penelope.uchicago.edu Thayer E Roman Texts Vitruvius 6 .html 7.4 VI 7 4 ref Xenia motifs are typically found in reception rooms. Xenia Greek The word xenia is Greek, and means hospitality in Latin, it came to mean presents for guests, and later presents in general. It also came to include a class of epigram matic inscription attached to the presents, xenia epigram s. Notes references References Katherine M.D. Dunbabin, Mosaics of the Greek and Roman World , Cambridge 1999. Stella Grobel Miller, A Mosaic floor from a Roman villa at Anaploga , Hesperia 41 3 332 July 1972 . Category Mosaic Category Visual motifs Category Ancient Roman art Category Iconography ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Other people2 Parmenion disambiguation Parmenion was a Macedon ian epigrammatic poet, whose verses were included in the collection of Philip of Thessalonica in Greek Anthology whence it is probable that he flourished in, or shortly before, the time of Augustus . Brunck gives fourteen of his epigrams in the Analecta vol. ii. pp. 201 203 , and one more in the Lectiones p. 177 Jacobs, Antli. Graec. vol. ii. pp. 184 187 . Reiske refers to him one of the anonymous epigrams No. cxxi. , on the ground of the superscription Parmenontos in the Vatican MS , but that is the name, not of the author of the epigram, but of the victor who dedicated the statue to which it forms the inscription, as is clear from the epigram itself comp. Brunck , Led. p. 265 Jacobs, Animadv. in Anih. Graec. vol. iii. pt. i. p. 356 . The epigrams of Parmenion are characterized by brevity, which he himself declares Ep. 1 that he aimed at unfortunately, they want the body, of which brevity is said to be the soul, wit. References SmithDGRBM Category Ancient Macedonian poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Category 1st century BC Macedonians Category 1st century BC poets ca Parmeni poeta ... more details
Orphan date February 2009 Godfrey of Winchester ref Geoffrey of Winchester, Godefridus Prior. ref died 1107 was an English satirical poet writing in Latin, known for his epigram s. He is known also as Martialis Coccus or pseudo Martial. One of his poems occurs in the Carmina Burana . ref http www.athenapub.com 14carmina.htm Carmina Burana Bot generated title ref Notes references External links http www.intratext.com X LAT0622.HTM Epigrammata , online text http www.intratext.com X LAT0623.HTM Epigrammata Historica , online text http freespace.virgin.net angus.graham Godfrey.htm Category 1107 deaths Category English poets Category Neo Latin poets ... more details
Nicaenetus of Samos lang el 3rd century BC was a Greek language Greek Epic poetry epic and epigram matic poet, an Abdera, Thrace Abderite who lived in Samos Island Samos island. There are four epigrams of his in the Greek Anthology . References http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 2281.html Ancient Library DEFAULTSORT Nicaenetus Of Samos Category Ancient Greek epic poets Category Abderites Category Ancient Samians Category 3rd century BC Greek people Category 3rd century BC poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Ancient Greece writer stub ... more details
For other uses, see Rufinus . Rufinus is the author of thirty eight epigram s in the Greek Anthology , and probably of one more, which is ascribed in the Maximus Planudes Planudean Anthology to an otherwise unknown Rufinus Domesticus . The poet may have lived in the early Byzantine period, and his verses are of the same light amatory character as those of Agathias , Paul the Silentiary Paulus Silentiarius , Macedonius of Thessalonica Macedonius , and others but beyond this there is no other indication of his period. References SmithDGRBM Category Roman era Greeks Category Byzantine poets Category Epigrammatists of the Greek Anthology Ancient Greece writer stub ... more details
reminded by another epigram on an engraved Indian beryl. ref http ancienthistory.about.com ... or , a Ancient Greece Greek epigram matic poet, a native most probably of Macedon ia. The epithet is appended to his name before the third epigram in the Vat. MS. Anili .... Gr. vii. 240. The fifth epigram Anth. Gr. vii. 305 is inscribed , and there was a Mytilene ... more details
James Landale is a BBC journalist who is the current Deputy Political Editor for BBC News TV Channel BBC News . ref http www.canongate.net James Landale James Landale Canongate Home Bot generated title ref Education Landale was educated at Eton College , a famous independent school in the town of Eton, Berkshire Eton in Berkshire , ref http www.epigram.org.uk view.php?id 1434 Epigram Online Bot generated title ref and was a contemporary of London Mayor Boris Johnson and Prime Minister David Cameron , followed by the University of Bristol . While studying Politics there, he became the first editor of Epigram newspaper Epigram , Bristol University s independent student newspaper. Life and career Before joining the BBC in 2003, Landale spent 10 years as a reporter at The Times newspaper, latterly as Assistant Foreign Editor. Landale covers political stories for the BBC News channel throughout the week, as well as leading its Prime Minister s Questions PMQs coverage on Wednesdays. He has also presented some relief shifts on the channel. Landale lives in London . He was diagnosed with Non Hodgkins lymphoma large B cell Non Hodgkins lymphoma in October 2008, and has undergone six courses of chemotherapy . ref citeweb url http www.dailymail.co.uk femail article 1159003 The Jade Goody circus like ghoulish spectacle public hanging says cancer suffering BBC journalist James Landale.html title The Jade Goody circus is like the ghoulish spectacle of public hanging, says cancer suffering BBC journalist James Landale publisher Daily Mail date 2009 03 04 accessdate 2009 05 16 ref Books Duel , James Landale 2005 ISBN 1 84195 647 3. The story of a 1826 duel at Kirkcaldy involving his ancestor David Landale Landales 21st Century Cautionary Tales 2006 ISBN 1 84195 847 6 References reflist External links imdb name id 1527960 name James Landale http tvnewsroom.co.uk biography james landale Profile at tvnewsroom.co.uk http news.bbc.co.uk newswatch ukfs hi newsid 4050000 newsid 4055000 40 ... more details
Orphan date June 2009 Alcaeus of Messene Greek language Greek polytonic was the Greeks Greek author of a number of epigram s in the Greek Anthology , from some of which his date may be easily fixed at around the late 3rd early 2nd century BC. ref name DGRBM cite encyclopedia last Smith first Philip authorlink title Alcaeus of Messene editor William Smith lexicographer William Smith encyclopedia Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology volume 1 pages 95 publisher Little, Brown and Company location Boston year 1867 url http www.ancientlibrary.com smith bio 0104.html ref He was contemporary with Philip V of Macedon Philip V , king of Macedon and son of Demetrius II of Macedon , against whom several of his epigrams are pointed, apparently from patriotic feelings. One of these epigrams, however, gave even more offense to the Roman general Titus Quinctius Flamininus Flamininus than to Philip, on account of the author s ascribing the victory of the battle of Cynoscephalae to the Aetolia ns as much as to the Romans. Philip contented himself with writing an epigram in reply to that of Alcaeus, in which he gave the Messenian a very broad hint of the fate he might expect if he fell into his hands. ref Plutarch , Flamininus 9 ref This reply was enough to lead French classical scholar Claudius Salmasius to suppose that Alcaeus was actually crucified by Philip. ref Claudius Salmasius , De Cruce , p. 449, ap. Johann Albert Fabricius Fabric. Biblioth. Graec. ii. p. 88 ref In another epigram, in praise of Flamininus, the mention of the Roman general s name, Titus, led John Tzetzes into the error of imagining the existence of an epigrammatist named Alcaeus under the emperor Titus. ref John Tzetzes , Proleg. in Lycophron ref Those epigrams of Alcaeus which bear internal evidence of their date were written between the years 219 BC 219 and 196 BC . Of the twenty two epigrams in the Greek Anthology which bear the name of Alcaeus, two are written Alcaeus of Mytilene b ... more details
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