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title: Epitaph for Aristotele
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Theocritus of Chios
eul_wid: elk-aa
eul_aid: elk
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-chios-epitaph-aristotele-elk-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: Oratory
format: Oration
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epitaph for Aristotele

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Theocritus of Chios

**eul_wid:** `elk-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-chios-epitaph-aristotele-elk-aa)

## Text

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[δούλου Ἑρμίο υ εὐ νούχου τ ε καὶ Εὐβούλου τόδε μνῆμα κ ενὸν κενό φρων θῆκεν Ἀριστο τέλης· ὃς διὰ τὴν ἀκρατῆ γα στρὸς φύσιν εἵλετο ναί ειν ἀ ντ’ Ἀ καδημείας Βορβ όρου ἐν προχοαῖσ .

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