---
title: Fragments of the Asp Known Elsewhere
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς Ἀσπίδος
author: Menander of Athens
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sha256: a7ec4752c5d900fe683e27df9ca780e09733e32ebac61d54a66efd53c3b5bb10
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments of the Asp Known Elsewhere

*Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς Ἀσπίδος*

**Author:** Menander of Athens

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## Text

### book 1.1

ὢ τρισάθλιοι, † τί πλέον ἔχουσι τῶν ἄλλων; βίον ὡς οἰκτρὸν ἐξαντλοῦσιν οἱ τὰ φρούρια

### book 1.2

τηροῦντες, οἱ τὰς ἀκροπόλεις κεκτημένοι.[ln_5]εἰ πάντας ὑπονοοῦσιν οὕτω ῥαιδίως ἐγχειρίδιον ἔχοντας αὑτοῖς

### book 1.3

προσιέναι, οἵαν δίκην διδόασιν.

### book 2

Ἑλληνίς, οὐκ Ἰβηρίς·

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