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title: Fragments on Ocean and Death
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Θανάτου
author: Neoptolemus the Grammarian
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Grammar
format: Treatise
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Ocean and Death

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ὠκεανοῦ καὶ Θανάτου*

**Author:** Neoptolemus the Grammarian

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## Text

### 6

Ὠκεανός, τῷ πᾶσα περίρρυτος ἐνδέδεται χθών Οὐ γάρ μιν δεσμὸς περιβάλλεται ἠπείροιο, ἀλλ’ ἐς ἀπειρεσίην κέχυται· τό μιν οὔτι μιαίνει Λιποτροφίη Ὦ θάνατ’, εἴθ’ εἴης αὐτάγρετος, ὄφρ’ ἂν ἑλοίμην πρώτιστος· καί κ’ ἐχθρὸς ἐὼν πολὺ φίλτατος εἴης.

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