---
title: Riddles and Paradoxes
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Cleobulina Scriptor Aenigmatum
eul_wid: atq-aa
eul_aid: atq
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sha256: b58cdc8a06c9b2abb1d5632c3f3abe1353aec4b080bbe8e992ee43e18651347a
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Riddles and Paradoxes

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Cleobulina Scriptor Aenigmatum

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## Text

### book 1.1

ἄνδρ’ εἶδον

### book 1.2

πυρὶ χαλκὸν ἐπ’ ἀνέρι κολλήσαντα οὕτω

### book 1.3

συγκόλλως ὥστε σύναιμα

### book 1.4

ποιεῖν.

### book 2.1

ἄνδρ’ εἶδον κλέπτοντα καὶ ἐξαπατῶντα βιαίως, καὶ τὸ βίαι ῥέξαι

### book 2.2

τοῦτο δικαιότατον.

### book 3

κνήμηι νεκρὸς ὄνος με κερασφόρωι οὖας ἔκρουσεν·

## License and provenance

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