---
title: Fragments on Cadmus and Agave
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κάδμου καὶ Ἀγαύης
author: Julius the Epic Poet
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period: Roman
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Cadmus and Agave

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κάδμου καὶ Ἀγαύης*

**Author:** Julius the Epic Poet

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## Text

### book 1.1

Κάδμον δ’ ἀραμένη

### book 1.2

τλήμων ἐξῆλθεν Ἀγαυή ὃν

### book 1.3

πατέρα

### book 1.4

τρομέοντα· φέρεν δέ μιν ὧν ὑπὲρ ὤμων γήραι κεκμηῶτα, καλῷ δ’ ἐβαρύνετο φόρτῳ.

### book 2.1

φέρτερον εὐκλέα μοῖραν ἐπ’ ἀκλείῃ βιότοιο εὑρέμεναι, ἀγαθὸν δὲ θανεῖν

### book 2.2

τοιῷδ’ ἐπὶ ἔργῳ.

## License and provenance

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