---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Parrhasius of Ephesus
eul_wid: ewe-aa
eul_aid: ewe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/parrhasius-ephesus-epigrams-ewe-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Parrhasius of Ephesus

**eul_wid:** `ewe-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/parrhasius-ephesus-epigrams-ewe-aa)

## Text

### book 1

Ἁβροδίαιτος ἀνὴρ ἀρετήν τε σέβων τάδ’ ἔγραψεν [para]Παρράσιος κλεινῆς πατρίδος ἐξ Ἐφέσου. οὐδὲ πατρὸς λαθόμην Εὐήνορος, ὅς 〈μ’〉 ἀνέφυσε γνήσιον, Ἑλλήνων πρῶτα φέροντα τέχνης.

### book 2

Εἰ καὶ ἄπιστα κλύουσι, λέγω τάδε· ‘φημὶ γὰρ ἤδη [para]τέχνης ηὑρῆσθαι τέρματα τῆσδε σαφῆ χειρὸς ὑφ’ ἡμετέρης· ἀνυπέρβλητος δὲ πέπηγεν [para]οὖρος. ἀμώμητον δ’ οὐδὲν ἔγεντο βροτοῖς.‘

### book 3

οἷος δ’ ἐννύχιον φαντάζετο πολλάκι φοιτῶν Παρρασίωι δι’ ὕπνου, τοῖος ὅδ’ ἐστὶν ὁρᾶν.

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