---
title: Fragments of a Naval Comedy
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Ναυτικῆς Κωμῳδίας
author: Demetrius the Comic Poet
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period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments of a Naval Comedy

*Ἀποσπάσματα Ναυτικῆς Κωμῳδίας*

**Author:** Demetrius the Comic Poet

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## Text

### book 1.1

Ἐκεῖθεν εἰς τὴν Ἰταλίαν ἀνέμῳ νότῳ διεβάλομεν τὸ πέλαγος εἰς Μεσσαπίους, Ἄρτος δ’ ἀναλαβὼν ἐξένισεν ἡμᾶς καλῶς. ξένος γε

### book 1.2

χαρίεις ἦν ἐκεῖ μέγας καὶ λαμπρός.

### book 2.1

Λακεδαιμόνιοί θ’ ἡμῶν τὰ τείχη κατέβαλον, καὶ τὰς

### book 2.2

τριήρεις ἔλαβον ἐμμήρους, ὅπως μηκέτι θαλαττοκρατοῖντο

### book 2.3

Πελοποννήσιοι.

### book 1

Ἢ σῦκον ἢ φάσηλον ἢ τοιοῦτό τι.

### book 2.1

Σφόδρ’ εὐάλωτόν ἐστιν ἡ πονηρία· εἰς γὰρ τὸ κέρδος μόνον ἀποβλέπους’ ἀεὶ ἀφρόνως ἅπαντα καὶ προπετῶς

### book 2.2

συμπείθεται.

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