An Offering and A Poem: Nossis, Greek Anthology 6.265

 Juno veneranda, Lacinium quae thure-fragrans

saepe coelitus deveniens aspicis,

accipe byssinam vestem, quam tibi cum filia praeclara

Nosside texuit Theophilis, gnata Cleochae.

 

Ἥρα τιμήεσσα, Λακίνιον ἃ τὸ θυῶδες

πολλάκις οὐρανόθεν νεισομένα καθορῇς,

δέξαι βύσσινον εἷμα, τό τοι μετὰ παιδὸς ἀγαυᾶς

Νοσσίδος ὕφανεν Θευφιλὶς ἁ Κλεόχας. 

--Nossis, Greek Anthology vi.265; Translated into Latin by Friedrich Duebner

O sacred Juno,

who often descends from heaven

to mingle with us in sweet-smelling Laconia, accept this linen cloak

Woven by Cleocha’s daughter Theophilis,

Along with her famous daughter Nossis.

NOSSIS	MAP:
Name:  Nossis Date:  3rd c. BCE Works:  [fragments]	REGION  1
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Nossis was considered among the famous nine women poets of ancient Greek literature. She lived in Locris (southern Italy) during the 3rd century. Several of her poems are preserved in the Greek Anthology; like that of her literary predecessor Sappho, Nossis’ poetry provides great insight into the lives of women in the ancient world.	HELLENISTIC GREEK LITERATURE

<Anonymous>	MAP:
Name:  ???? Date:  Works:  Greek Anthology; Anthologia Graeca; Florilegii Graecii	REGION  UNKNOWN
BIO:	Timeline:
The Greek Anthology is a modern collection of Greek lyric poetry compiled from various sources over the course of Greco-Roman literature. The current collection was created from two major sources, one from the 10th century CE and one from the 14th century CE. The anthology contains authors spanning the entirety of Greek literature, from archaic poets to Byzantine Christian poets.	Byzantine Greek