---
title: Fragments on Poetry
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποίησεως
author: Alcman Lacedaemonius
eul_wid: adw-ab
eul_aid: adw
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sha256: ecb7481b8c4a585bfb7e3d666850c58568bb043eec7c4f893ff006aea9cf78c9
period: Archaic
dialect: Doric
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Poetry

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποίησεως*

**Author:** Alcman Lacedaemonius

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## Text

### book S1.1

χρυσοκόμα

### book S1.2

φιλόμολπε·

### book S2

κύκνος ὑπὸ πτερύγων

### book S3

. . .[ln_1][ ].[ [ ]..[ ]..[ [ ] ἐπακουσομε̣[ [ ]άλος οἷά τ’ α[]...[[ln_5][] ὑμνίομες ἀπίαισ̣[ [ ].π̣ον.ς ευρ[[ln_6]. . .

### book S4

[ ]..μος [ ].αι Ἀλκμὰ(ν) [πε]ρ̣ὶ τοῦ γα‐ [ ο]ὐκ ἦνθεν[ln_10][ ].ναφιο̣[ [ ].σ̣τρα[

### book S5.1

. . .[ln_1][ ]...[ [ ]η̣ρω̣.[ [ ].υ. φληναφ..[ [ ]νος ἐν γ π(ερὶ) ε[[ln_5][ ]τ̣ι β Ἀλκμα[ν(‐) [ ]..υτέρου

### book S5.2

περ[ [ ].τερος ὁ δ(ὲ) ν[ [ ]νηρω αυ[ [ ]ο̣υ μ(ὲν) πρεσ[βυτερ‐[ln_10][ ].ρ̣τ̣ω̣.ρακ.[ [ μ]ε̣ι̣κρὸν ἀπω[ [ ]λ̣ουμενου[ [ ]ν

### book S5.3

πατρίδος αὐτοῦ [ [ ]ω̣ν καθ’ οὓς ἐγένε‐[ln_15][το ] π̣αιδείας δ(έ) φη(σιν) αρη‐ [ ]τικὴν ἱστορίας [ Ἀλκ]μὰν ὥστε μου‐ [ π]ρὸ αὐτοῦ πολὺ γε‐ [ ]τερος δ(ὲ) τ( ) μετ..[[ln_20][ ]αξαπαντ( ) μετρα̣[ [ ] ἐποίησεν̣.[..]..[ [ ]ρτ.ε̣τ̣( )ψυ̣....ρ[ [ ].[].[]..[]....[ [ ]ε̣ινα[].[[ln_25][ ]ομο[ [ ]τ....[ [ ].σ̣εχ[ [ ]ασο̣ε[ [ ]τ̀().[[ln_29]. . .

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