---
title: Epigrams
title_greek: Ἐπιγράμματα
author: Theon of Alexandria
eul_wid: spw-ae
eul_aid: spw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/theon-alexandria-epigrams-spw-ae"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Mathematics
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigrams

*Ἐπιγράμματα*

**Author:** Theon of Alexandria

**eul_wid:** `spw-ae` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/theon-alexandria-epigrams-spw-ae)

## Text

### book 292.1.1

Ἀλκυόσιν, Ληναῖε, μέλεις τάχα· κωφὰ δὲ μήτηρ

### book 292.1.2

μύρεθ’ ὑπὲρ κρυεροῦ δυρομένη σε τάφου.

### book 41.1.1

Ἡ πάρος ἀντιπάλων ἐπιήρανος ἀσπὶς ἀκόντων,

### book 41.1.2

ἡ φόνιον στυγνοῦ κῦμα φέρουσα μόθου,

### book 41.1.3

ἄγριον οὐδ’ ὅτε πόντος ἐπὶ κλόνον ἤλασε φωτὶ

### book 41.1.4

καὶ πικρὴ ναυτέων ἔπλεθ’ ἁλιφθορίη,

### book 41.5.1

συζυγίης ἀμέλησα· καλὸν δέ σε φόρτον ἄγουσα,

### book 41.5.2

ναὶ φίλος, εὐκταίων ἄχρις ἔβην λιμένων.

### book 491.1

Ζεύς, Ἄρης, Παφίη, Μήνη, Κρόνος, Ἥλιος, Ἑρμῆς.

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