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This article seems to be little more than a copy of the 1911 article. The article's style has little to do with the typical Wikipedian style while there are no references later than 1903 IIRC. Somebody who actually knows about the Anthology, please do something. Ikokki ( talk) 12:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if this is the place for this kind of remarks, but the link to the french version is missing in the english page, tought notin the other sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Libmind ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
It may be just me but I find the second para as is slightly confusing as it on first reading it suggests that Antholgia is the greek work for 'Garland' or that they are synonyms, so its not 100% clear that 'Garland' (or 'the Garland') is titular rather than descriptive.
Would anyone object to a slight re-ordering as follows (I've bolded words that are additions)
While papyri containing fragments of collections of poetry have been found in Egypt, the earliest known anthology in Greek was compiled by Meleager of Gadara in the first century BC. The work is referred to under the title Anthologia, or "the Garland" as in his preface to his collection, Meleager describes his arrangement of poems as if it were a head-band or garland of flowers woven together. The work contained poems by the compiler himself and forty-six other poets, including Archilochus, Alcaeus, Anacreon, and Simonides, and made the word "Anthology" a synonym for a collection of literary works for future generations.
Let me know if anyone has a concern, or would word differently/keep the same? Bavage ( talk) 14:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
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As the article currently stands, this section hyperlinks (ostensibly) all of the poets included in the Anthology. However, to my knowledge, the only notable (or extant) information about many of these writers is that they were included in the Anthology. Would their inclusion in this work constitute sufficient notability for their own articles? If not, we ought to remove most of the hyperlinks, as they link to pages that will never be allowed on the encyclopedia; alternatively, we could shorten the list to only those notable enough to receive articles and retitle the section to "Notable Poets Attributed in the Anthology." anthologetes ( talk • contribs) 05:14, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Assuming that this convenient list could easily be translated for the German article ( de:Griechische Anthologie), I began that work. However, I soon found that verifying the links (target pages) was more of a challenge than expected. So, as a by-product, I've also got some doubts about select links in the present article's list (letter A):
Still, I do believe that such a list is justified, even if only to show the vast number of authors, and their range of date, space and topics. Maybe a few descriptive words could be included to cover even those one-epigram poets who will never get an article of their own. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 11:59, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
The poet Julianus, prefect of Egypt ( d:Q21866973), lived in the 6th century AD (ca. 530). So, the link to Salvius Julianus ( d:Q533755) cannot be correct. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 00:56, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Currently, the article describes the Brunck, Jacobs (twice) and Tauchnitz editions like this:
and:
If you know the editions, you might be able to understand these lines the right way. If you don't, on the other hand, I'm afraid you'll rather get a wrong picture from them. – I've got two main concerns therefore:
The main difference between the two Jacobs editions is immediately obvious from the book titles:
and:
I think the title verbiage speaks for itself.
In the pre-copyright era of the early 1800s, if I'm not mistaken, Tauchnitz was happy to reprint what they could get hold of and what seemed to promise profit. I don't have much information on their Anthologia Graeca editions. The first one seems to have been published immediately after Jacobs' (second) original edition. An 1819 printing of the second volume is called an editio stereotypa on the title page. There seem to be 2-volume and 3-volume editions, as well as editions with Latin title pages and ones with Greek title pages. There is no mention of Jacobs or any other scholar on the title pages.
The convenient availability of good PDF copies of the pioneering editions by Jacobs allows to have an easy look for oneself. Recommended for readers with good Latin skills. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 06:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
I'm thinking of moving most of the information in the "Translations and imitations" section to a new article called List of translations and imitations from the Greek Anthology, as the section is becoming unwieldy. I would add a
tag linking to the new page.
How do others feel about this? Ficaia ( talk) 02:58, 25 January 2022 (UTC)
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This article seems to be little more than a copy of the 1911 article. The article's style has little to do with the typical Wikipedian style while there are no references later than 1903 IIRC. Somebody who actually knows about the Anthology, please do something. Ikokki ( talk) 12:48, 25 April 2008 (UTC)
I don't know if this is the place for this kind of remarks, but the link to the french version is missing in the english page, tought notin the other sense. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Libmind ( talk • contribs) 20:06, 26 July 2009 (UTC)
It may be just me but I find the second para as is slightly confusing as it on first reading it suggests that Antholgia is the greek work for 'Garland' or that they are synonyms, so its not 100% clear that 'Garland' (or 'the Garland') is titular rather than descriptive.
Would anyone object to a slight re-ordering as follows (I've bolded words that are additions)
While papyri containing fragments of collections of poetry have been found in Egypt, the earliest known anthology in Greek was compiled by Meleager of Gadara in the first century BC. The work is referred to under the title Anthologia, or "the Garland" as in his preface to his collection, Meleager describes his arrangement of poems as if it were a head-band or garland of flowers woven together. The work contained poems by the compiler himself and forty-six other poets, including Archilochus, Alcaeus, Anacreon, and Simonides, and made the word "Anthology" a synonym for a collection of literary works for future generations.
Let me know if anyone has a concern, or would word differently/keep the same? Bavage ( talk) 14:23, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
Hello, there is a project for the Anthology epigrams in the Greek Wikisource. Please see s:el:Βικιθήκη:Wikiproject Greek Anthology. -- FocalPoint ( talk) 21:18, 26 July 2014 (UTC)
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As the article currently stands, this section hyperlinks (ostensibly) all of the poets included in the Anthology. However, to my knowledge, the only notable (or extant) information about many of these writers is that they were included in the Anthology. Would their inclusion in this work constitute sufficient notability for their own articles? If not, we ought to remove most of the hyperlinks, as they link to pages that will never be allowed on the encyclopedia; alternatively, we could shorten the list to only those notable enough to receive articles and retitle the section to "Notable Poets Attributed in the Anthology." anthologetes ( talk • contribs) 05:14, 12 February 2019 (UTC)
Assuming that this convenient list could easily be translated for the German article ( de:Griechische Anthologie), I began that work. However, I soon found that verifying the links (target pages) was more of a challenge than expected. So, as a by-product, I've also got some doubts about select links in the present article's list (letter A):
Still, I do believe that such a list is justified, even if only to show the vast number of authors, and their range of date, space and topics. Maybe a few descriptive words could be included to cover even those one-epigram poets who will never get an article of their own. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 11:59, 12 August 2020 (UTC)
The poet Julianus, prefect of Egypt ( d:Q21866973), lived in the 6th century AD (ca. 530). So, the link to Salvius Julianus ( d:Q533755) cannot be correct. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 00:56, 19 August 2020 (UTC)
Currently, the article describes the Brunck, Jacobs (twice) and Tauchnitz editions like this:
and:
If you know the editions, you might be able to understand these lines the right way. If you don't, on the other hand, I'm afraid you'll rather get a wrong picture from them. – I've got two main concerns therefore:
The main difference between the two Jacobs editions is immediately obvious from the book titles:
and:
I think the title verbiage speaks for itself.
In the pre-copyright era of the early 1800s, if I'm not mistaken, Tauchnitz was happy to reprint what they could get hold of and what seemed to promise profit. I don't have much information on their Anthologia Graeca editions. The first one seems to have been published immediately after Jacobs' (second) original edition. An 1819 printing of the second volume is called an editio stereotypa on the title page. There seem to be 2-volume and 3-volume editions, as well as editions with Latin title pages and ones with Greek title pages. There is no mention of Jacobs or any other scholar on the title pages.
The convenient availability of good PDF copies of the pioneering editions by Jacobs allows to have an easy look for oneself. Recommended for readers with good Latin skills. -- Martinus KE ( talk) 06:01, 14 November 2021 (UTC)
I'm thinking of moving most of the information in the "Translations and imitations" section to a new article called List of translations and imitations from the Greek Anthology, as the section is becoming unwieldy. I would add a
tag linking to the new page.
How do others feel about this? Ficaia ( talk) 02:58, 25 January 2022 (UTC)