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"To a Pumpkin" and "The Pumpkin's Reply"
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.
Epigram 9.532: Addition of Manuscript 6219 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.532: First revision
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