Epigram 16.323

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τὰν ὕελον ἐκόμιζε
κόψας ἐργάτας ἀνήρ
ἐς δὲ πῦρ ἔθηκε βῶλον,
ὡς σίδηρον εὐσθενῆ:

ἁ δ᾽ ὕελος, οἷα κηρός,
ἐξεχεῖτο, παμφάγοισι
φλοξὶν ἐκπυρουμένα:
θαῦμα δ᾽ ἦν ἰδεῖν βροτοῖς
ὁλκὸν ἐκ πυρὸς ῥέοντα,

καὶ τὸν ἐργάτην τρέμοντα,
μὴ πεσὼν διαρραγῇ.
ἐς δὲ διπτύχων ἀκμὰς
χηλέων ἔθηκε βῶλον.

— Paton edition

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