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"To a Pumpkin" and "The Pumpkin's Reply"
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εἰπέ μοι, ὦ κολόκυνθε, τίνος χάριν εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν
— Paton edition
οὐ σικύων ἐφάνη διερὸν γένος, οὐ κολοκύνθων.
ὁ κολόκυνθος πρὸς ταῦτα
Ζηνὸς ἐπομβρήσαντος ἐπεκλύσθησαν ἄρουραι,
ἡμετέρην δ᾽ ἀέκουσαν ἔτι κρύπτουσι γενέθλην.
Tell me, pumpkin, why even so late as this the
watery tribe of cucumbers and pumpkins has not
appeared.Zeus rained heavily and flooded the fields, which
— Paton edition
still hide our race against our will.
Tell me, pumpkin, why even so late as this the
watery tribe of cucumbers and pumpkins has not
appeared.Zeus rained heavily and flooded the fields, which
— Paton edition
still hide our race against our will.
εἰπέ μοι, ὦ κολόκυνθε, τίνος χάριν εἰσέτι καὶ νῦν
— Paton edition
οὐ σικύων ἐφάνη διερὸν γένος, οὐ κολοκύνθων.
ὁ κολόκυνθος πρὸς ταῦτα
Ζηνὸς ἐπομβρήσαντος ἐπεκλύσθησαν ἄρουραι,
ἡμετέρην δ᾽ ἀέκουσαν ἔτι κρύπτουσι γενέθλην.
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Epigram 9.532: Creation of Scholium 9.532.2 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.532: Creation of Scholium 9.532.1 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.532: Addition of Manuscript 6219 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.532: First revision
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