Epigrams and Fragments

Epigrams

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  Epigram 1

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 2

  Cyrus the Younger marches from Sardis into the heart of Persia with ten thousand Greek mercenaries. At Cunaxa, the Greeks win their battle — but Cyrus is killed, and the entire enterprise collapses.

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  Epigram 3

  The Greek generals are lured to a parley and murdered. The army is leaderless, deep in enemy territory. Xenophon steps forward, rallies the troops, and the retreat begins.

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  Epigram 4

  The march through Kurdistan. The Greeks fight their way through mountains, ambushes, and snowstorms. They cross the Tigris and enter Armenia.

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  Epigram 5

  Snow, cold, and exhaustion in the Armenian highlands. Soldiers go snow-blind. Others lose their feet. Then the rearguard sees the sea from a mountaintop and shouts: Thalatta! Thalatta! The sea! The sea!

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  Epigram 6

  The Greeks reach the Black Sea coast but cannot find ships. They march along the coast, fighting local tribes and raiding villages. Discipline begins to fray.

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  Epigram 7

  Political complications. The Greeks quarrel with Spartan commanders and local satraps. Xenophon is offered the supreme command and refuses. The army is becoming a problem rather than a solution.

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  Epigram 8

  The army enters the service of a Thracian king. Some Greeks settle, others return home. Xenophon extracts the remainder and delivers them to Sparta. The march is over.

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  Epigram 9

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 10

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 11

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 12

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 13

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 14

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 15

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 16

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 17

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 18

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 19

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 20

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 21

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 22

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 23

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 24

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 25

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 26

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 27

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 28

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 29

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 30

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 31

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 32

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 33

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 34

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 35

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 36

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 37

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 38

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 39

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 40

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 41

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 42

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 43

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 44

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 45

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 46

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 47

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 48

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 49

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 50

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 51

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 52

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 53

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 54

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 55

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 56

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 57

  Callimachus's epigrams and fragments preserve the aesthetic principles of the Alexandrian school: brevity, learning, and a horror of the commonplace.

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  Epigram 58

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 59

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 60

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 61

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 62

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 63

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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  Epigram 64

  An epigram by Callimachus — a brief, polished poem on love, death, literary rivalry, or dedication, in the voice of Hellenistic poetry's most influential figure.

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