---
title: Epigram
title_greek: Ἐπίγραμμα
author: Xenophanes of Colophon
eul_wid: beu-ae
eul_aid: beu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-epigram-beu-ae"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic (frg)
domain: Philosophy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Epigram

*Ἐπίγραμμα*

**Author:** Xenophanes of Colophon

**eul_wid:** `beu-ae` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenophanes-colophon-epigram-beu-ae)

## Text

### book 120.1.1

Καί ποτέ μιν στυφελιζομένου σκύλακος παριόντα

### book 120.1.2

φασὶν ἐποικτεῖραι καὶ τόδε φάσθαι ἔπος·

### book 120.1.3

„Παῦσαι, μηδὲ ῥάπιζ’, ἐπεὶ ἦ φίλου ἀνέρος ἐστὶ

### book 120

ψυχή, τὴν ἔγνων φθεγξαμένης ἀίων.“

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