---
title: Fragments on Sea Creatures
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἐνάλων Ζῴων
author: Nausicrates the Comic Poet
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Sea Creatures

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἐνάλων Ζῴων*

**Author:** Nausicrates the Comic Poet

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## Text

### book 1.1

Δύο μὲν ἁπαλοὶ καὶ καλοί . . . . τοῦ ναυτίλοισι

### book 1.2

πολλάκις ἤδη

### book 1.3

φανέντος

### book 1.4

πελαγίοις ἐν ἀγκάλαις, ὃν καὶ τὰ θνητῶν

### book 1.5

φασιν ἀγγέλλειν πάθη.

### book 1

[ln_5][spk_β]Β. γλαῦκον λέγεις. Α. ἔγνωκας.

### book 2.1

Μετ’ αὐτῶν δ’ εἰσὶν ἐκπρεπεῖς φίσιν αἱ ξανθοχρῶτες, ἃς κλύδων Αἰξωνικός

### book 2.2

πασῶν ἀρίστας ἐν τόποις

### book 2.3

παιδεύεται, αἷς καὶ θεὰν

### book 2.4

τιμῶσι

### book 2.5

φωσφόρον Κόρην

### book 2.1

[ln_5][spk_β]δείπνων ὅταν πέμπωσι δῶρα ναυτίλοι. Β. τρίγλας λέγεις. γαλακτοχρῶτα

### book 2.2

Σικελὸς ὅν πήγνυς’ ὄχλος ῥόμβος.

### book 1

Ἐν τῇ γὰρ Ἀττικῇ τίς εἶδε πώποτε λέοντας ἢ τοιοῦτον ἕτερον θηρίον; οὗ δασύποδ’ εὑρεῖν ἐστιν οὐχὶ ῥᾴδιον.

## License and provenance

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