Modern knowledge of ancient Greek epigrams is largely based on works surviving in multi-author anthologies.
The earliest known dateable anthology of epigrams is the Attic Epigrams collected by Philochorus in the late fourth century BC.
This, and the second-century collection of Theban epigrams collected by Aristodemus of Thebes, were collected on a geographical basis, and were perhaps largely or entirely made up of epigrams found in local inscriptions;[1] later collections were instead arranged by author or subject.
[2] Known anthologies include: