# Epigrammata 6.17

Pseudo-Lucian, Epigrammata, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pseudo-lucian/epigrammata/6.17

ΛΟΥΚΙΑΝΟΥ
Αἱ τρισσαί τοι ταῦτα τὰ παίγνια θῆκαν ἑταῖραι,
Κύπρι μάκαιρ', ἄλλης ἄλλη ἀπ' ἐργασίης·
ὧν ἀπὸ μὲν πυγῆς Εὐφρὼ τάδε, ταῦτα δὲ Κλειὼ
ὡς θέμις, ἡ τριτάτη δ' Ἀτθὶς ἀπ' οὐρανίων.
ἀνθ' ὧν τῇ μὲν πέμπε τὰ παιδικά, δεσπότι, κέρδη,
τῇ δὲ τὰ θηλείης, τῇ δὲ τὰ μηδετέρης.

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Pseudo-Lucianus Soph., 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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