---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: "Ion of Samos "
eul_wid: esi-ab
eul_aid: esi
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/ion-samos-epigram-esi-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Ion of Samos 

**eul_wid:** `esi-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/ion-samos-epigram-esi-ab)

## Text

### book 43.1.1

Χαῖρε μελαμπετάλοις, Εὐριπίδη, ἐν γυάλοισι

### book 43.1.2

Πιερίας τὸν ἀεὶ νυκτὸς ἔχων θάλαμον·

### book 43.1.3

ἴσθι δ’ ὑπὸ χθονὸς ὤν, ὅτι σοι κλέος ἄφθιτον ἔσται

### book 43

ἶσον Ὁμηρείαις ἀενάοις χάρισιν.

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