← MimnermusSmyrneisby MimnermusPoetic narrative about the founding and history of SmyrnaFind on Amazon↗About the authorMimnermusGreek elegiac poet from Smyrna whose verses on aging, love, and time were influential in antiquity. The fragment invoking the shortness of youth like a flower was widely quoted.More by MimnermusNannoElegies on love and the brevity of youth by the lyric poet→FragmentsScattered poetic verses from the classical elegiac writer→
