# Epigrammata 41

Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, Section 41. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathias-scholasticus/epigrammata/41

41. (VII, 220.) Ἕρπων εἰς Ἐφύρην, τάφον ἔδρακον ἀμφὶ κέλευθον Λαίδος ἀρχαίης, ὡς τὸ χάραγμα λέγει. δάκρυ δ’ ἐπισπείσας, „χαίροις γύναι· ἐκ γὰρ ἀκουῆς οἰκτείρω οἰκτείρω ἔφην „ἡν πάρος οὐκ ἰδόμην. ἆ πόσον ἠϊθέων νόον ἤκαχες· ἀλλ’ ἔδε Λήθην ναίεις, ἀγλαίην έν χθονὶ κατθεμένη.”

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Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, ed. B.G. Niebuhr. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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