GRAGG. — THE GREEK EPIGRAM BEFORE 300 B. C. 35 



the third century. The spirit of 815 and 316, indeed, is not unlike 

 that of 213-215, verses of Theognis. 321 and 322 are among the most 

 famous epigrams which have come down to us, and would not shame 

 the philosopher himself : 



321. 'Aarijp np\v peu fXafxnfs evi ^wo'iaiv 'Etoor, 



viif 6e 6apa>p Xufiireis Eanfpos «V (pdifxtvois. 



322. At xdpiT€s Tffj.fv6i Ti Xa^elv onep ov)(\ nfatlTai 



^rjTovaai, ^vx^ijv evfjov Apicrrofpafovs. 



In the fourth century we find the following epithets of the gods : 



oKepafKopas (297) TraveTTia-Konos (217) rpiToyfveui (271) 



fxeyaXocppoov (224) rpiToyevfjs (2G1) vy^ipidup (29(S) 



TT0\lOV}(0S (268) 



The following epithets are applied to a country or city : 



dyxiaXov (308) fvpvxopos (289) /cXfiwraros (221) 



dviKTjTos (259) r)ya6eos (234) kKvto^ (318) 



avT6vofios (o04) Upos (274, 280, 304) peyaXavxo': (259) 



fvoX^os (269) KXeiuos (217, 243, 259) TrfpUXvaroi (265) 



As to the diction of the fourth century, epic words are gradually 

 disappearing, displaced largely by the language of tragedy. This is 

 clear from the following parallel passages. ^37 j have tried to include 

 only such words or phrases as are found solely or chiefly or first in the 

 tragic poets. 



237. Tovs dyadovs e(TTep^ev''Apr]s. Acsch. fr. 100. aXVAprji cf)i\f2 del ra 



XaxTTa ndvTa rdvOpconuiv crTparov. 



Soph. fr. 657. tovs evyevtl^ yap Kaya- 



6ovs, w TTat, (jiiXel "ApTji evalpeiv. 



Phil. 436, 7. TTokepos olhiv av8p^ 



eKtov nlpel TTOvqpov, dWa tovs 



Xpr](TTovs del. 



289. vyj/rjXop nvpycov dpcfiidero art- Soph. Aut. 122. (TTe(pdvcopa irvpywv. 



(pavov. 

 217. Xp6i>( TvavToloiv . . . TTavenl- 0. T. 1213. o ndvO' opcov xpofos. 



(TKoire 8aipcL>i>. fr. 280. 6 Travd' opwv Kai Trdir' 



aKOv(t)V iravT avaTrrvacrei X/Joror. 

 220a. KOLVov ^(paf^ovrfi 6('i\apov. Soph. Aj. 1 192. tov iroKvKoivov" Aibav. 



Eur. Suppl. 797. koivov is "Ai^rjv Ka- 

 Ta^dcra. 



^^'' The list does not pretend to be exhaustive. 



