---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Aeschylus the Tragedian
eul_wid: emo-ai
eul_aid: emo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/aeschylus-epigrams-emo-ai"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Aeschylus the Tragedian

**eul_wid:** `emo-ai` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/aeschylus-epigrams-emo-ai)

## Text

### book 255.1.1

Κυανέη καὶ τούσδε μενεγχέας ὤλεσεν ἄνδρας

### book 255.1.2

Μοῖρα πολύρρηνον πατρίδα ῥυομένους.

### book 255.1.3

ζωὸν δὲ φθιμένων πέλεται κλέος, οἵ ποτε γυίοις

### book 255.1.4

τλήμονες Ὀσσαίαν ἀμφιέσαντο κόνιν.

### book 110.1.1

Οὐ χρὴ λέοντος σκύμνον ἐν πόλει τρέφειν·

### book 110.1.2

μάλιστα μὲν λέοντα μὴ πόλει τρέφειν·

### book 110

ἢν δ’ ἐκτραφῇ τις, τοῖς τρόποις ὑπηρετεῖν.

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