# Epigrammata 71

Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, Section 71. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathias-scholasticus/epigrammata/71

71. (IX, 653.) Εἰς οἶκον κείμενον ἐν ὕψει έν Βυζαντίῳ. „Τῆς ἀρετῆς ἱδρῶτα θεοὶ προπάροιθεν ἔθηκαν” ἔννεπεν Ἀσκραῖος, δῶμα τόδε προλέγων, κλίμακα γὰρ ταναὴν περόων κεκαφηότι ταρσῷ, ἱδρῶτι πλαδαρὴν ἀμφεδίηνα κόμην· ὑψόθι δ᾿ εἰσενόησα θαλασσαίην περιωπήν. ναὶ τάχα τῆς Ἀρετῆς πιστότατος θάλαμος.

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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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