# Epigrammata 16.200

Moschus, Epigrammata, Book 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/moschus-bucol/epigrammata/16.200

ΜΟΣΧΟΥ
Λαμπάδα θεὶς καὶ τόξα βοηλάτιν εἵλετο ῥάβδον
οὖλος Ἔρως, πήρην δ' εἶχε κατωμαδίην·
καὶ ζεύξας ταλαεργὸν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα ταύρων
ἔσπειρεν Δηοῦς αὔλακα πυροφόρον.
εἶπε δ' ἄνω βλέψας αὐτῷ Διί· „Πλῆσον ἀρούρας,
μή σε, τὸν Εὐρώπης βοῦν, ὑπ' ἄροτρα βάλω.“

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Moschus Bucol., 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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0035.tlg006.local001/.