# Epigrammata 6.225

Nicaenetus, Epigrammata, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/nicaenetus-epic/epigrammata/6.225

ΝΙΚΑΙΝΕΤΟΥ
Ἡρῷσσαι, Λιβύων ὄρος ἄκριτον αἵτε νέμεσθε
αἰγίδι καὶ στρεπτοῖς ζωσάμεναι θυσάνοις,
τέκνα θεῶν, δέξασθε Φιλήτιδος ἱερὰ ταῦτα
δράγματα καὶ χλωροὺς ἐκ καλάμης στεφάνους,
ἅσσ' ἀπὸ λικμητοῦ δεκατεύεται· ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτως,
ἡρῷσσαι, Λιβύων χαίρετε δεσπότιδες.

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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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