Living Poets

{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Palatine Anthology'' 7.44 = ''Fragmentary Greek Epigrams'' 570-5 Page = T 234 Kannicht}}
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Ἴωνος εἰς (τὸν) αὐτόν·

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	εἰ καὶ δακρυόεις, Εὐριπίδη, εἷλέ σε πότμος,<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;καί σε λυκορραῖσται δεῖπνον ἔθεντο κύνες,<br>
	τὸν σκηνῆς μελίγηρυν ἀηδόνα, κόσμον Ἀθηνῶν,<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;τὸν σοφίηι Μουσέων μιξάμενον χάριτα,<br>
	ἀλλ’ ἔμολες Πελλαῖον ὑπ’ ἠρίον, ὡς ἂν ὁ λάτρις<br>
	&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Πιερίδων ναίηις ἀγχόθι Πιερίης.<br>
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Ion to the same (Euripides):
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Even though a tearful fate took you, Euripides, and wolf-devouring dogs made a meal of you, the honey-voiced nightingale of the stage, adornment to Athens, who mixed grace with the wisdom of the Muses, nonetheless you were placed in a tomb in Pella, so that the servant of the Pierides might dwell near Mt. Pieria.
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