Epigram 9.520 — Anthologia Graeca

URN

urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.ag:9.520

Created on

April 20, 2021

None

Updated on

June 27, 2021

Descriptions

On Alcaeus (probably by his enemy King Philip)

Ἀλκαίου τάφος οὗτος, ὃν ἔκτανεν ἡ πλατύφυλλος
τιμωρὸς μοιχῶν γῆς θυγάτηρ ῥάφανος.
— Paton edition

This is the tomb of Alcaeus who was killed by
the broad-leaved daughter of earth, the radish,
punisher of adulterers.
— Paton edition

[2021-11-20 14:49] Epigram 9.520: Addition of Manuscript 6200 by “epheline”