---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Archelaus of Chersonesus in Egypt
eul_wid: jcy-ab
eul_aid: jcy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/archelaus-chersonesus-epigram-jcy-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: History
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Archelaus of Chersonesus in Egypt

**eul_wid:** `jcy-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/archelaus-chersonesus-epigram-jcy-ab)

## Text

### 16.120.(p1)

ΑΡΧΕΛΑΟΥ, οἱ δὲ ΑΣΚΛΗΠΙΑΔΟΥ Τόλμαν Ἀλεξάνδρου καὶ ὅλαν ἀπεμάξατο μορφὰν Λύσιππος· τίν’ ὁδὶ χαλκὸς ἔχει δύναμιν. αὐδάσοντι δ’ ἔοικεν ὁ χάλκεος ἐς Δία λεύσσων· „Γᾶν ὑπ’ ἐμοὶ τίθεμαι, Ζεῦ, σὺ δ’ Ὄλυμπον ἔχε.“

## License and provenance

Eulogikon publishes public-domain Greek texts in cleaned, structured, readable form and makes no copyright claim over that preparation (Public Domain Mark 1.0, https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/). Cite as `eul_wid: jcy-ab`.