# Epigrammata 72

Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, Section 72. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathias-scholasticus/epigrammata/72

72. (IX, 662.) Χῶρος ἐγὼ τοπρὶν μὲν ἔην στυγερωπὸς ἰδέσθαι, πηλοδόμοις τοίχοις ἀμφιμεριζόμενος· ἐνθάδε δὲ ξείνων τε καὶ ἐνδαπίων καὶ ἀγροίκων νηδὺς ἐπεγδούπει λύματα χευομένη. ἀλλὰ πατήρ με πόληος ἐναλλάξας Ἀγαθίας, θῆκεν ἀρίζηλον τὸν πρὶν ἀτιμότατον.

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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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