---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Athenaeus the Epigrammatist
eul_wid: kcs-ab
eul_aid: kcs
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/athenaeus-epigrammatist-epigram-kcs-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Athenaeus the Epigrammatist

**eul_wid:** `kcs-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/athenaeus-epigrammatist-epigram-kcs-ab)

## Text

### book 496.1.1

Ὦ Στοϊκῶν μύθων εἰδήμονες, ὦ πανάριστα

### book 496.1.2

δόγματα ταῖς ἱεραῖς ἐνθέμενοι σελίσιν,

### book 496.1.3

τὰν ἀρετὰν ψυχᾶς ἀγαθὸν μόνον· ἅδε γὰρ ἀνδρῶν

### book 496.1.4

μούνα καὶ βίοτον ῥύσατο καὶ πόλιας.

### book 496.5

σαρκὸς δ’ ἁδυπάθημα φίλον τέλος ἀνδράσιν ἄλλοις

### book 496

ἁ μία τῶν Μνήμης ἤνυσε θυγατέρων.

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