GRAGG. — THE GREEK EPIGRAM BEFORE 300 B. C. 29 



KKiPcifXfvoi (76) TToKvppT]vov (104) TroXu/iijXw (KJO) 



liviro^oTov (71)) •napaKoiTii (i'3) Trvpocfjopoio (lOH) 



<j:6ifievov (71>, 1)7, etc.) fviivxopov (102) dytpcoxos (120) 



fiolpii Ki)(t] davdrov (92) draKaaOir^v {\01) dficpipiirov (138) 



Indeed, many of the poets might take as their motto the words of a 

 late epigrammatist : tv' ein-w/ici/ Ka6' "O/ii/pof.m Cf. especially 145, 

 where, within four verses, we read, nToXtfioio daKpvofvros, vTrupocpia, arouo- 



fvra Kara kXovov, iv 8ai (pojTcoy. 



A curious circumstance at this time is the dearth of epithets of the 

 gods. Against the earlier 



Xpvaorpiaivos (23) KpaTfp6(f)pcou (39) apyvpoTo^os (58) 



■nouTop.fdoai' (23) ;^pi;'o"aiyt£' (47) TroiKiXoprjxavos (66) 



TToXirjoxos (24) oiSpipoirdrpr] (47) (f)tXalpaTOi (74) 



iypfp.d)(a (26) (piXoa-recpavos (o4) 



we can set only dyipaxos (120), Tptroyei/^? (123), KaXXiKopios (125), alyloxos 



(142), TToXvauvpoi (167). The deficiency is, however, more than bal- 

 anced by the frequency with which we find epithets applied to Trarp/?, 

 yala, and similar words. In the sixth century we find only evpvxopos 

 (51). In the fifth century the following occur : 



dpi(t>lpvros (138) evpCxopos (102, 139, 143, 150, 157, 193) 



dnopdrjTOS (138) iTTITO^OTOS (79) noXvp.rjXoi (136) 



(vdo^os (134) KoXXixopos (75, 138) iroXvpprjpos (104) 



evvbpos (83) jToXvavdpos (139) nvpocfiopos (108) 



Some phrases recall the elegy. Cf. 



81. fiiKXeiaap. ■nuTplba ^^ Tyrt. 12. 24, a(TTV re Koi Xaovs Koi Trarep' evKXfiaas 



94. pijpaai iTfLdopfvoi = Theog. 1262 and 1239 b (cf. 194 and 380; So- 

 lon 4. 6 and 13. 12) 



103. oCSe Tfdvdtn 6a- TheOg. 245, ovhf tot ovbe Bavav dnoXfis kXios, dXXa 



vovTes fifXTjafis acf}6iT0i> dvdpcunois alev e^^wi/ ovop.a 



A few passages directly recall the tragic poets. With the figure in 



81, wot' ix&povi (TTfudxdp- TToXfpov 6epos inKopicravTas, cf. Aesch. Suppl. 636, 

 "Apr] Tov dpuTois 6epi(ovTa ^poTovs kv nXXois ; PerS. 822, (irr^s, o6tv ndyKXavTov 

 f$apa (y^pis) Btpos. With 174, p.eya 8' eareve 'Acrts utt' avTwv nXrjyfla, cf. 

 Pers. 548, a-Tevfi yaV 'A.cris ; 61, ovj nepi -ndcra x^fov 'Ao-taxiS a-TheraiA^^ 



These few passages are the forerunners of many in the fourth century 

 which show the profound influence of tragedy on the epigram. 



"^ AP 6. 61. For Homeric f onus see pp. 41 ff. 



"2 Cf. 77 c, 175. "' Cf. also p. 25 and notes. 



