# Epigrammata 97

Agathias Scholasticus, Epigrammata, Section 97. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/agathias-scholasticus/epigrammata/97

97. (80.) Μαχλὰς ἐγὼ γενόμην Βυζαντίδος ἔνδοθι Ῥώμης, ὠνητὴν φιλίῳ πᾶσι χαριζομένη· εἰμι δὲ Καλλιρόη πολυδαίδαλος, ἣν ὑπ’ ἔρωτος οἰστρηθεὶς Θωμᾶς τῇδ’ ἔθετο γραφίδι, δεικνὺς ὅσσον ἔχει πόθον ἐν φρεσίν ἶσα γὰρ αὐτῷ κηρῷ τηκομένῳ τήκεταί οἱ κραδίη.

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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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