---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Euphorion of Chalcis
eul_wid: kog-ac
eul_aid: kog
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/euphorion-chalcis-epigrams-kog-ac"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Euphorion of Chalcis

**eul_wid:** `kog-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/euphorion-chalcis-epigrams-kog-ac)

## Text

### book 279.1.1

Πρώτας ὁππότ’ ἔπεξε καλὰς Εὔδοξος ἐθείρας,

### book 279.1.2

Φοίβῳ παιδείην ὤπασεν ἀγλαΐην.

### book 279.1.3

ἀντὶ δέ οἱ πλοκαμῖδος, Ἑκηβόλε, κάλλος ἐπείη

### book 279.1.4

ὡχαρνῆθεν ἀεὶ κισσὸς ἀεξόμενος.

### book 651.1.1

Οὐχ ὁ τρηχὺς ἔλαιος ἐπ’ ὀστέα κεῖνα καλύπτει

### book 651.1.2

οὐδ’ ἡ κυάνεον γράμμα λαβοῦσα πέτρη·

### book 651.1.3

ἀλλὰ τὰ μὲν Δολίχης τε καὶ αἰπεινῆς Δρακάνοιο

### book 651.1.4

Ἰκάριον ῥήσσει κῦμα περὶ κροκάλαις·

### book 651.5

ἀντὶ δ’ ἐγὼ ξενίης Πολυμήδεος ἡ κεινὴ χθὼν

### book 651

ὠγκώθην Δρυόπων διψάσιν ἐν βοτάναις.

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