# Epigrammata 16.323

Mesomedes, Epigrammata, Book 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/mesomedes-lyr/epigrammata/16.323

ΜΕΣΟΜΗΔΟΥΣ
Τὰν ὕελον ἐκόμιζε
κόψας ἐργάτας ἀνήρ·
ἐς δὲ πῦρ ἔθηκε βῶλον,
ὡς σίδηρον εὐσθενῆ·
ἁ δ' ὕελος οἷα κηρὸς
ἐξεχεῖτο παμφάγοισι
φλοξὶν ἐκπυρουμένα·
θαῦμα δ' ἦν ἰδεῖν βροτοῖς
ὁλκὸν ἐκ πυρὸς ῥέοντα
καὶ τὸν ἐργάτην τρέμοντα,
μὴ πεσὼν διαρραγῇ·
ἐς δὲ διπτύχων ἀκμὰς
χηλέων ἔθηκε βῶλον ...

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Mesomedes Lyr., Epigrammata. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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