Pa'ncrates
1. An epigrammatic poet, who had a place in the
Garland of Meleager, and three of whose epigrams are preserved in the Greek Anthology. (Brunck,
Anal. vol. i. p. 259; Jacobs,
Anth. Graec. vol.i. p. 191.) We have no other indication of his time than that afforded by his being in Meleager's collection, which shows that he lived in or before the first century of our era. Some writers identify him with the following poet:--