---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Boethus of Tarsus
eul_wid: mvm-aa
eul_aid: mvm
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/boethus-tarsus-epigram-mvm-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Boethus of Tarsus

**eul_wid:** `mvm-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/boethus-tarsus-epigram-mvm-aa)

## Text

### book 248.1.1

Εἰ τοῖος Διόνυσος ἐς ἱερὸν ἦλθεν Ὄλυμπον

### book 248.1.2

κωμάζων Λήναις σύν ποτε καὶ Σατύροις,

### book 248.1.3

οἷον ὁ τεχνήεις Πυλάδης ὠρχήσατο κεῖνον

### book 248.1.4

ὀρθὰ κατὰ τραγικῶν τέθμια μουσοπόλων,

### book 248.5

παυσαμένη ζήλου Διὸς ἂν φάτο σύγγαμος Ἥρη·

### book 248

„Ἐψεύσω, Σεμέλη, Βάκχον· ἐγὼ δ’ ἔτεκον.“

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