Syllogae minores is a term used in literature to describe small collections of Greek epigrams, which are part of the so-called Greek Anthology, the collection of Greek epigrams. The term "Syllogae" comes from the Greek word "Συλλογαί", while the term "minores" is used to distinguish them from the large and important collections of Palatine Anthology and the Anthology of Planudes. Some of these collections are important because of the epigrams which contain some not found in any of the other collections, while others are highly dependent on known sources, mainly of the Anthology of Planudes.
Collections
The following collections are part of "Syllogae minores" :
Sylloge S : 118 epigrams, Paris. Suppl. 352, 13th century, also in abridged form in Par. gr. 1630
Sylloge L : 169 epigrams, by Maximus Planudes. Saved in various manuscripts in abridged editions. In its fullest form it is found in codex Laur. 32.16.
Sylloge E, also mentioned in the past as Sylloge Euphemiana, named after the person to whom two poems of the collection were dedicated to, 82 epigrams, three manuscripts : Codex Parisinus 2720, is the main source. The other two manuscripts are Parisinus 1773 and Laur. 57.29 and are dependent from the first codex.
Sylloge Σπ: 58 epigrams written on the blank pages of Palatine Anthology. The content of this collection is to a large extent the same as that of Syll.E.
Appendix B.-V. or ABV, 56 erotic epigrams, transmitted via three manuscripts: Vat. Barb. gr. 123, Vat. gr. 240 and Par. Suppl. gr. 1199,
Sylloge I, contains 17 epigrams found in codex Vat. Pal. gr. 128
Sylloge H, five manuscripts which have a total of 24 epigrams. In each manuscript there is a different number of epigrams.
Sylloge S contains 121 epigrams. It is found together with Syll. E in codex Par. gr. 1773, and in Laur. 57.29.
Sylloge T, with 45 epigrams found in Vindobonensis Phil. gr. 311
Sylloge O, 31 epigrams by the Anthology of Planudes found in Laur. 32.50
Sylloge K, 19 or 24 epigrams, based on the Anthology of Planudes, from manuscripts: Laurentianus Gr. 59.44 ff. 235–239 and Marc. gr. XI.15 and Vat. gr. 1404
Sylloge G, 33 epigrams also found in the Anthology of Planudes, found in Code Par. Suppl. gr. 455
