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title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: "Hegemon of Alexandria "
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
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# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Hegemon of Alexandria 

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## Text

### book 436.1.1

Εἴποι τις παρὰ τύμβον ἰὼν ἀγέλαστος ὁδίτας

### book 436.1.2

τοῦτ’ ἔπος· „Ὀγδώκοντ’ ἐνθάδε μυριάδας

### book 436.1.3

Σπάρτας χίλιοι ἄνδρες ἐπέσχον λήματι Περσῶν

### book 436

καὶ θάνον ἀστρεπτεί· Δώριος ἁ μελέτα.“

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