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title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Empedocles of Acragas
eul_wid: die-ac
eul_aid: die
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/empedocles-acragas-epigrams-die-ac"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric
domain: Philosophy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Empedocles of Acragas

**eul_wid:** `die-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/empedocles-acragas-epigrams-die-ac)

## Text

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Ἤδη γάρ ποτ’ ἐγὼ γενόμην κοῦρός τε κόρη τε θάμνος τ’ οἰωνός τε καὶ ἐξ ἁλὸς ἔμπυρος ἰχθῦς ... Ὦ φίλοι, οἳ μέγα ἄστυ κατὰ ξανθοῦ Ἀκράγαντος ναίετ’ ἀν’ ἄκρα πόλιος, ἀγαθῶν μελεδήμονες ἔργων, χαίρετ’· ἐγὼ δ’ ὔμμιν θεὸς ἄμβροτος, οὐκέτι θνητὸς πωλεῦμαι μετὰ πᾶσι τετιμένος, ὥσπερ ἔοικεν, ταινίαις τε περίστεπτος στέφεσίν τε θαλείοις.

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