---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Nicander of Colophon
eul_wid: lcw-ae
eul_aid: lcw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-epigrams-lcw-ae"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Nicander of Colophon

**eul_wid:** `lcw-ae` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/nicander-colophon-epigrams-lcw-ae)

## Text

### book 435.1.1

Εὐπυλίδας, Ἐράτων, Χαῖρις, Λύκος, Ἆγις, Ἀλέξων,

### book 435.1.2

ἓξ Ἰφικρατίδα παῖδες, ἀπωλόμεθα

### book 435.1.3

Μεσσάνας ὑπὸ τεῖχος· ὁ δ’ ἕβδομος ἄμμε Γύλιππος

### book 435.1.4

ἐν πυρὶ θεὶς μεγάλαν ἦλθε φέρων σποδιάν,

### book 435.5

Σπάρτᾳ μὲν μέγα κῦδος, Ἀλεξίππᾳ δὲ μέγ’ ἄχθος

### book 435

ματρί· τὸ δ’ ἓν πάντων καὶ καλὸν ἐντάφιον.

### book 526.1.1

Ζεῦ πάτερ, Ὀθρυάδα τίνα φέρτερον ἔδρακες ἄλλον,

### book 526.1.2

ὃς μόνος ἐκ Θυρέας οὐκ ἐθέλησε μολεῖν

### book 526.1.3

πατρίδ’ ἐπὶ Σπάρταν, διὰ δὲ ξίφος ἤλασε πλευρᾶν

### book 526.1.4

δοῦλα καταγράψας σκῦλα κατ’ Ἰναχιδᾶν;

### book 503b.1

Ἵπποι γὰρ σφηκῶν γένεσις, ταῦροι δὲ μελισσῶν.

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