Fifty Poems of Meleager

This collection presents fifty poems by Meleager, one of the most celebrated lyric poets of ancient Greece. Blending love, longing, wit, beauty, and reflections on mortality, the poems offer an intimate glimpse into the emotional world of the Hellenistic age. Walter Headlam's translation brings their elegance and intensity to modern readers, revealing why Meleager's verses have endured for centuries. Fifty Poems of Meleager is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1890.