# Epigrammata 13.3

Theocritus, Epigrammata, Book 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theocritus/epigrammata/13.3

ΘΕΟΚΡΙΤΟΥ
Ὁ μουσοποιὸς ἐνθάδ' Ἱππῶναξ κεῖται.
εἰ μὲν πονηρός, μὴ ποτέρχευ τῷ τύμβῳ·
εἰ δ' ἐσσὶ κρήγυός τε καὶ παρὰ χρηστῶν,
θαρσέων καθίζευ, κἢν θέλῃς, ἀπόβριξον.

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Theocritus 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.
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