Antipater of Thessalonica (Ancient Greek: Ἀντίπατρος ὁ Θεσσαλονικεύς; c. 10 BC - c. AD 38[1]) was a Greek epigrammatist of the Roman period.
[1] He enjoyed the patronage of Lucius Calpurnius Piso (consul in 15 BC and then proconsul of Macedonia for several years), to whom several of his poems are addressed.
[2] Piso appointed him governor of Thessalonica.
[2] Antipater is the most copious and perhaps the most interesting of the Augustan epigrammatists.
[citation needed] There are many allusions in his work to contemporary history: Antipater is also known to have proposed an alternative canon of nine female poets to the list of Nine Lyric Poets.