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title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Boethus of Tarsus
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# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Boethus of Tarsus

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## Text

### book 248.1.1

Εἰ τοῖος Διόνυσος ἐς ἱερὸν ἦλθεν Ὄλυμπον

### book 248.1.2

κωμάζων Λήναις σύν ποτε καὶ Σατύροις,

### book 248.1.3

οἷον ὁ τεχνήεις Πυλάδης ὠρχήσατο κεῖνον

### book 248.1.4

ὀρθὰ κατὰ τραγικῶν τέθμια μουσοπόλων,

### book 248.5

παυσαμένη ζήλου Διὸς ἂν φάτο σύγγαμος Ἥρη·

### book 248

„Ἐψεύσω, Σεμέλη, Βάκχον· ἐγὼ δ’ ἔτεκον.“

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