---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Cleobulus of Lindos II
eul_wid: asc-ab
eul_aid: asc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/cleobulus-lindos-epigrams-asc-ab"
period: Archaic
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Cleobulus of Lindos II

**eul_wid:** `asc-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/cleobulus-lindos-epigrams-asc-ab)

## Text

### book 153.1.1

Χαλκῆ παρθένος εἰμί, Μίδα δ’ ἐπὶ σήματι κεῖμαι.

### book 153.1.2

ἔστ’ ἂν ὕδωρ τε νάῃ καὶ δένδρεα μακρὰ τεθήλῃ,

### book 153.1.3

αὐτοῦ τῇδε μένουσα πολυκλαύτῳ ἐπὶ τύμβῳ

### book 153.1.4

ἀγγελέω παριοῦσι, Μίδας ὅτι τῇδε τέθαπται.

### book 101.1.1

Εἷς ὁ πατήρ, παῖδες δυοκαίδεκα· τῶν δὲ ἑκάστῳ

### book 101.1.2

παῖδες 〈δὶσ〉 τριάκοντα διάνδιχα εἶδος ἔχουσαι·

### book 101.1.3

αἱ μὲν λευκαὶ ἔασιν ἰδεῖν, αἱ δ’ αὖτε μέλαιναι·

### book 101

ἀθάνατοι δέ τ’ ἐοῦσαι ἀποφθινύθουσιν ἅπασαι.

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