---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Aeschrion of Samos
eul_wid: hvc-ab
eul_aid: hvc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/aeschrion-samos-epigram-hvc-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Ionic (ia, frg)"
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Aeschrion of Samos

**eul_wid:** `hvc-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/aeschrion-samos-epigram-hvc-ab)

## Text

### book 345.1.1

Ἐγὼ Φιλαινὶς ἡ ’πίβωτος ἀνθρώποις

### book 345.1.2

ἐνταῦθα γήρᾳ τῷ μακρῷ κεκοίμημαι.

### book 345.1.3

μή μ’, ὦ μάταιε ναῦτα, τὴν ἄκραν κάμπτων

### book 345.1.4

χλεύην τε ποιεῦ καὶ γέλωτα καὶ λάσθην.

### book 345.5.1

οὐ γάρ, μὰ τὸν Ζῆν’, οὐ μὰ τοὺς κάτω κούρους,

### book 345.5.2

οὐκ ἦν ἐς ἄνδρας μάχλος οὐδὲ δημώδης·

### book 345.5.3

Πολυκράτης δὲ τὴν γενὴν Ἀθηναῖος,

### book 345.5.4

λόγων τι παιπάλημα καὶ κακὴ γλῶσσα,

### book 345

ἔγραψεν, οἷ’ ἔγραψ’· ἐγὼ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδα.

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