Abstract
Discovered in 1992, the so-called Milan Papyrus (P. Mil. Vogl. VIII 309), dating from the late 3rd century B.C., has revealed a collection of 112 Hellenistic epigrams, some of which entirely preserved, distributed in 9 thematic sections identified by titles. According to recent studies on Greek epigrammatic poetry, the collection, credited to the Macedonian poet Posidippus of Pella (c. 31…