---
title: Comic Fragments on Guard Duty
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φυλακῆς Κωμικά
author: Chionides the Comic Poet
eul_wid: bou-ab
eul_aid: bou
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/chionides-the-comic-poet/guard-duty"
canonical_json: "https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/chionides-the-comic-poet-guard-duty-bou-ab.json"
sha256: "5e68e24bfe66777c3ff355540fabb28b6e9c9c45feccecddeb8ecb0bf14c1866"
period: Archaic
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Comic Fragments on Guard Duty

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φυλακῆς Κωμικά*

**Author:** Chionides the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `bou-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/grc/chionides-the-comic-poet/guard-duty) · [Canonical JSON](https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/chionides-the-comic-poet-guard-duty-bou-ab.json)

## Text

### book 1.1

Πολλοὺς ἐγᾦδα κοὐ κατὰ σὲ νεανίας

### book 1.2

φρουροῦντας ἀτεχνῶς κἀν σάμακι κοιμωμένους.

### book 2.1

Καὶ μὴν μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐδὲν ἔτι γέ μοι δοκῶ ἄγνου διαφέρειν ἐν

### book 2.2

χαράδρᾳ πεφυκότος.

### book 1.1

Ταῦτ’ οὐ μὰ Δία Γνήσιππος οὐδὲ Κλεομένης ἐν ἐννέ’ ἂν

### book 1.2

χορδαῖς κατεγλυκήνατο.

### book 2-3.1

Ἆρ’ ἂν φάγοιτ’ ἂν καὶ ταρίχους, ὦ θεοί. Ἐπὶ τῷ ταρίχει τῷδε

### book 2-3.2

τοίνυν κόπτετον.

## License and provenance

This text is licensed CC0 1.0 Universal. The canonical record is the JSON at https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/chionides-the-comic-poet-guard-duty-bou-ab.json (sha256:5e68e24bfe66777c3ff355540fabb28b6e9c9c45feccecddeb8ecb0bf14c1866). Cite as `eul_wid: bou-ab`.