Epigram 11.401

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 563
Codex Palatinus 23 p. 564

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Ἰητήρ τις ἐμοὶ τὸν ἑὸν φίλον υἱὸν ἔπεμψεν,
ὥστε μαθεῖν παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ταῦτα τὰ γραμματικά.
Ὡς δὲ τὸ "Mῆνιν ἄειδε" καὶ "ἄλγεα μυρί᾽ ἔθηκεν"
ἔγνω, καὶ τὸ τρίτον τοῖσδ᾽ ἀκόλουθον ἔπος
"πολλὰς δ᾽ ἰφθίμους ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προΐαψεν,"
οὐκέτι μιν πέμπει πρός με μαθησόμενον.
Ἀλλὰ μ᾽ ἰδὼν ὁ πατήρ· "Σοὶ μὲν χάρις" εἶπεν "ἑταῖρε·
αὐτὰρ ὁ παῖς παρ᾽ ἐμοὶ ταῦτα μαθεῖν δύναται·
καὶ γὰρ ἐγὼ πολλὰς ψυχὰς Ἄϊδι προϊάπτω,
καὶ πρὸς τοῦτ᾽ οὐδὲν γραμματικοῦ δέομαι."

— Paton edition

A physician sent me his dear son to be taught by
me those elementary lessons. And when he had read
“ Sing the Wrath ” and “ imposed a thousand woes,”
and the third verse that follows these, "Many
strong souls he sped to Hades,” his father no longer
sends him to learn from me, but on seeing me
said : " All thanks to you, my friend, but the boy
can learn that at home, for I speed down many souls
to Hades, and for that I have no need of a gram-
marian.”

— Paton edition

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