What’s an Epigram?

Epigrams are short, witty or instructive statements, often in verse. They originated as ancient Greek funerary inscriptions and can take various forms, such as puns, adages, paradoxes, or chiasmus. Epigrams were also popular in ancient Rome and continue to be used in English-speaking countries. They can be proverbs, double meanings, or insults, and are often […]

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