Epigram 11.246

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 540

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ἐκ ποίων ἔταμες, Διονύσιε, τὰ ξύλα ταῦτα
λατομιῶν; ποίων τὸ σκάφος ἐστὶ μύλων;
εἰ γὰρ ἐγώ τι νοῶ, μολίβου γένος, οὐ δρυός ἐστιν,
οὐδ᾽ ἐλάτης, μικροῦ ῥιζοβολεῖ τὰ κάτω

καὶ τυχὸν ἐξαπίνης ἔσομαι λίθος: εἶτα, τὸ χεῖρον,
γράψει μ᾽ ὡς Νιόβην δρᾶμα σαπρὸν Μελίτων.

— Paton edition

From what quarry, Dionysius, did you hew these timbers? Of what mill-stones is the ship built? For if I know anything about it, it is a kind of lead, not oak or pine, and the lower part of me is nearly taking root. Perhaps I shall suddenly become a stone, and then the worst of it is Melito will write a rotten drama about me as if I were Niobe.

— Paton edition

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Epigram 11.246: Creation of Scholium 11.246.1 by “maximeguénette

Epigram 11.246: Addition of Manuscript 6638 by “maximeguénette

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