---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: "Hegemon of Alexandria "
eul_wid: jvk-ab
eul_aid: jvk
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hegemon-alexandria-epigram-jvk-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Hegemon of Alexandria 

**eul_wid:** `jvk-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hegemon-alexandria-epigram-jvk-ab)

## Text

### book 436.1.1

Εἴποι τις παρὰ τύμβον ἰὼν ἀγέλαστος ὁδίτας

### book 436.1.2

τοῦτ’ ἔπος· „Ὀγδώκοντ’ ἐνθάδε μυριάδας

### book 436.1.3

Σπάρτας χίλιοι ἄνδρες ἐπέσχον λήματι Περσῶν

### book 436

καὶ θάνον ἀστρεπτεί· Δώριος ἁ μελέτα.“

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