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Straton of Sardis
Straton of Sardis (; better known under his Latin name Strato) was a Greek poet and anthologist from the Lydian city of Sardis. He is thought by some scholars to have lived during the time of Hadrian, based on Straton's authorship of a poem about the doctor Artemidorus Capito, a contemporary of Hadrian. Not all accept this identification and, more recently, a Neronian or Flavian period has been proposed for Straton. Diogenes Laërtius, at the beginning of the 3rd century AD, mentions an epigrammist by
the name of Straton, whom some believe was Straton of Sardis.
Straton assembled the anthology of erotic and amorous epigrams called the "Μουσα Παιδικη" ("Mousa Paidike", "The Boyish Muse" or Musa Puerilis).
Around 900 AD, a Byzantine scholar named Constantine Cephalas compiled pieces of several Greek anthologies, including "The Boyish Muse", to make a comprehensive collection of Greek epigrams. Since there is no other textual proof, we do not know if "The Boyish Muse" was taken whole