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From an Egyptian mummy has come an exciting discovery of previously unknown Greek literature. The newly-discovered papyrus containing over 100 epigrams by the Hellenistic poet Posidippus is artefactually the earliest known Greek poetry book. This volume contains a new translation of Posidippus' poetry as well as essays about the papyrus by experts in the fields of papyrology, Greek and Roman literature, Ptolemaic history, and visual culture. - ;The Milan Papyrus ( P. Mil. Volg. VIII. 309), containing a collection of epigrams apparently all by Posidippus of Pella, provides one of the most excit

Posidippus, --- Poseidippos, --- Posidippo, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Translations into English --- Manuscripts --- Posidippus Pellensis --- Posidipo de Pela --- Posidippus Epigrammaticus --- Posseidippos van Pella --- Posidippus van Pella --- Posidippus Pellaeus