Melinno () was a Greek lyric poet. She is known from a single surviving poem, known as the "Ode to Rome". The poem survives in a quotation by the fifth century AD author Stobaeus, who included it in a compilation of poems on manliness. It was apparently included in this collection by mistake, as Stobaeus misinterpreted the word ρώμα () in the first line as meaning "strength", rather than being the Greek name for the city of Rome.
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Melinno () was a Greek lyric poet. She is known from a single surviving poem, known as the "Ode to Rome". The poem survives in a quotation by the fifth century AD author Stobaeus, who included it in a compilation of poems on manliness. It was apparently included in this collection by mistake, as Stobaeus misinterpreted the word ρώμα () in the first line as meaning "strength", rather than being the Greek name for the city of Rome.
Nothing is known of Melinno or her life. Scholars have suggested dates ranging from the third century BC to the second century AD. C. M. Bowra argued based on the content of the poem attributed to her that the first half of the second century BC was likely; and most scholars agree with a date in the republican period. The fact that she wrote a poem about the power of Rome without any mention of the emperor suggests that she was writing before the beginning of the principate. Literary parallels have been suggested between Melinno's poetry and poems in honour of Tiberius Quinctius Flaminius from 191 BC. However, some scholars, such as Hugh Lloyd-Jones, argue for a date in the second century AD. Lloyd-Jones sees the poem as characteristic of the Greek revivalism of the period, and draws comparisons to the poetry of Mesomedes and Julia Balbilla.
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