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title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Archelaus of Chersonesus in Egypt
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: History
format: Prose
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Archelaus of Chersonesus in Egypt

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## Text

### 16.120.(p1)

ΑΡΧΕΛΑΟΥ, οἱ δὲ ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ Τόλμαν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ ὅλαν ἀπεμάξατο μορφὰν Λύσιππος· τίν’ ὁδὶ χαλκὸς ἔχει δύναμιν. αὐδάσοντι δ’ ἔοικεν ὁ χάλκεος ἐς Δία λεύσσων· „Γᾶν ὑπ’ ἐμοὶ τίθεμαι, Ζεῦ, σὺ δ’ Ὄλυμπον ἔχε.“

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