Anthology
the name given to several collections of short poems which have come down from antiquity. The first who compiled a Greek anthology was Meleager, a Syrian, about 60 B. C. He entitled his collection, which contained selections from 46 poets besides many pieces of his own, the "Garland"; a continuation of this work by Philip of Thessalonica in the age of Tiberius was the first entitled "Anthology." There is no ancient Latin anthology, the oldest being that of Scaliger (1573).