Kottabos

Kottabos was an Irish literary magazine, published from 1869 to 1893 at Trinity College, Dublin. Over the years many authors contributed to the journal, like Edward Dowden, Alfred Perceval Graves and Oscar Wilde, who had early work published in it, during his period at Trinity. The magazine contained translations, parodies, lyrics, and light verse, mostly written in English, but also in Greek and Latin. Most contributions were of a "playful character." The magazine was published in Dublin by W. McGee and appeared three times a year. The name "Kottabos" was taken from the Greek drinking game kottabos. Robert Yelverton Tyrrell was the first editor-in-chief. Adolphus Ward and Alfred Rayney Waller, in their The Cambridge History of English and American Literature, say that Kottabos is "perhaps the cream of Irish academic wit and scholarship."

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Kottabos ceased publication in 1893. Back issues are often held by research libraries and digital archives.