# Epigrammata 16.191

Nicaenetus, Epigrammata, Book 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/nicaenetus-epic/epigrammata/16.191

ΝΙΚΑΙΝΕΤΟΥ
Αὐτόθεν ὀστράκινόν με καὶ ἐν ποσὶ γήινον Ἑρμῆν
ἔπλασεν ἁψῖδος κύκλος ἑλισσόμενος.
πηλὸς ἐφυράθην, οὐ ψεύσομαι. ἀλλ' ἐφίλησα,
ὦ ξεῖν', ὀστρακέων δύσμορον ἐργασίην.

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Nicaenetus Epic., 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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