---
title: Prosody Fragments
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Πρὸς τὴν Προσωδίαν
author: Bacchylides of Ceos
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period: Classical
dialect: Doric
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Prosody Fragments

*Ἀποσπάσματα Πρὸς τὴν Προσωδίαν*

**Author:** Bacchylides of Ceos

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## Text

### book 1a.1

Εἷς ὅρος, μία βροτοῖσίν ἐστιν εὐτυχίας ὁδός, θυμὸν εἴ τις ἔχων ἀπενθῆ δύναται διατελεῖν βίον· ὃς δὲ μυ‐ [para]ρία μὲν ἀμφιπολεῖ φρενί,[ln_5]τὸ δὲ παρ’ ἆμάρ

### book 1a.2

τε 〈καὶ〉 νύκτα μελλόντων χάριν αἰὲν ἰάπτεται [para]κέαρ, ἄκαρπον ἔχει πόνον

### book 1b

τί γὰρ ἐλαφρὸν ἔτ’ ἐστὶν ἄ‐ [para]πρακτ’ ὀδυρόμενον δονεῖν[ln_5]καρδίαν;

### book 2

πάντεσσι θνατοῖσι δαί‐ μων ἐπέταξε πόνους ἄλλοισιν ἄλλους

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