---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: "Ion of Samos "
eul_wid: esi-ab
eul_aid: esi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/ion-of-samos/epigram"
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sha256: "33b6d244f06873ead18b716a6e66361fadd02e053c07e726240bc36c98e6093e"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Ion of Samos 

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## Text

### book 43.1.1

Χαῖρε μελαμπετάλοις, Εὐριπίδη, ἐν γυάλοισι

### book 43.1.2

Πιερίας τὸν ἀεὶ νυκτὸς ἔχων θάλαμον·

### book 43.1.3

ἴσθι δ’ ὑπὸ χθονὸς ὤν, ὅτι σοι κλέος ἄφθιτον ἔσται

### book 43

ἶσον Ὁμηρείαις ἀενάοις χάρισιν.

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