Epigram 11.405

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 564

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Ὁ γρυπὸς Νίκων ὀσφραίνεται οἴνου ἄριστα,
οὐ δύναται δ᾽ εἰπεῖν οἷος ἂν ᾖ ταχέως.
Ἐν τρισὶν ὥραις γὰρ θεριναῖς μόλις αἰσθάνετ᾽ αὐτὸς,
ὡς ἂν ἔχων πηχῶν ῥῖνα διακοσίων.
Ὢ μεγάλου μυκτῆρος: ὅταν ποταμὸν διαβαίνῃ,
θηρεύει τούτῳ πολλάκις ἰχθύδια.

— Paton edition

Crook-nosed Nicon has an admirable nose for wine,
but he can’t tell quickly what it is like, for scarcely
in three summer hours does he smell it himself,
since his nose is two hundred cubits long. O what
a huge nose ! When he crosses a river he often catches
little fish with it.

— Paton edition

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