---
title: Fragments on Art and Wealth
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Τέχνης καὶ Πλούτου
author: Hipparchus the Comic Poet
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eul_aid: jns
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Art and Wealth

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Τέχνης καὶ Πλούτου*

**Author:** Hipparchus the Comic Poet

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## Text

### book 1.1

προσέχεις

### book 1.2

τι τούτῳ τῷ στρατιώτῃ; ποῦ δ’ ἔχει ἀργύριον οὗτος; οὐδαμόθεν, εὖ οἶδ’ ἐγώ, ἀλλ’ ἢ δαπίδιον ἓν ἀγαπητὸν

### book 1.3

ποικίλον, Πέρσας ἔχον καὶ γρῦπας ἐξώλεις

### book 1.4

τινὰς

### book 1.1

[ln_5][spk_β]τῶν

### book 1.2

Περσικῶν. Β. ἐς κόρακας, ὦ μαστιγία.

### book 1

[spk_α]Α. καὶ κόνδυ καὶ ψυκτῆρα καὶ κυμβίον.

### book 2.1

πολύ γ’ ἐστὶ πάντων κτῆμα

### book 2.2

τιμιώτατον ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποισιν εἰς τὸ ζῆν τέχνη. τὰ μὲν γὰρ ἄλλα καὶ πόλεμος καὶ μεταβολαὶ τύχης ἀνήλως’, ἡ τέχνη δὲ σῴζεται.

### book 3.1

[spk_β]ὁ λαβρώνιος δ’ ἔσθ’ οὗτος ὄρνις; Β. Ἡράκλεις, ποτήριον

### book 3.2

χρυσοῦς διακοσίους ἄγον.

### book 3

[spk_α]Α. ὢ περιβοήτου, φιλτάτη, λαβρωνίου.

### book 5

βατάνιον

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