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title: Epigram
author: Menander of Athens
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
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# Epigram

**Author:** Menander of Athens

**eul_wid:** `hps-bv` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-of-athens-epigram-hps-bv)

## Text

ΕΙΣ ΕΠΙΚΟΥΡΟΝ ΚΑΙ ΘΕΜΙΣΤΟΚΛΕΑ.

  

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