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Herodotus in the course of his History quotes epigrams of both kinds; and with him the word {epigramma} is just on the point of acquiring its literary sense, though this is not yet fixed definitely.
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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In his account of the three ancient tripods dedicated in the temple of Apollo at Thebes, [1] he says of one of them, {o men de eis ton tripodon epigramma ekhei}, and then quotes the single hexameter line engraved upon it.
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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{Pagxalon eot epigramma to distikhon en de parelthes tous treis rapsodeis xoux epigramma legeis}
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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This is, no doubt, an intentional archaism; but the word {epigramma} itself does not occur in the collection until the Roman period.
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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Hu - iusmodi fur nocturnus, in quem elegans epigramma Philippi Thessalon. exstat Anal.
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IV* & Hefychius IlK Ac prior eciam in commune eorum fepuicrum, epigramma refcrt Ancagorx: quod fimilicer Icgas Anchologif lib. vii.
Joh. Gerardi Vossii De philosophia et philosophorvm sectis libri II. Joh Gerardus Vossius , Gerardus Joannes Vossius 1657
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_choronae_, _chenturiones_, _praechones_, adhuc quibusdam inscriptionibus maneant, qua de re Catulli nobile epigramma est.
The Roman Pronunciation of Latin Why we use it and how to use it Frances Ellen Lord
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{epigramma} almost in the sense of sepulchural epigrams; {epigegrammai grammata legonta tade}, and a little further on, {epixosmesantes epigrammasi xai stelesi}, "epitaphs and monuments".
Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology Anonymous 1902
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I can’t be bothered learning the difference between sententia and epigramma, let alone fiddle with color and descriptio!”
The Grass Crown McCullough, Colleen, 1937- 1991
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Almost the same ring and ruggedness are to be found in: -- "marmorea tabula epigramma referente" (Ruin.
Tacitus and Bracciolini The Annals Forged in the XVth Century John Wilson Ross 1852
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