In the following excerpt, Gutzwiller considers Meleager as a poet and as an anthologist, and discusses the principles he used to determine the sequence of poems in his Garland.
In the following excerpt, Tarán provides a close reading of several of Meleager's epigrams, focusing on his unique combination of traditional Greek motifs. Tarán also traces the influence of preceding epigrammatists on the author.
In the following essay, Garrison argues that Meleager used the epigrammatic form to express psychic depths in ways that transcended the form's traditional use.
In the following excerpt, Tarán explores how the story of Zeus and Ganymede serves as a model for Meleager's accounts of his own desire in his erotic epigrams.
In the following excerpt, MacKail characterizes Meleager as a Greek epigrammatist whose Asiatic influences and detailed descriptions of the nuances of love set him apart from his contemporaries.