---
title: Riddles of Paradoxical Encounters
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Panarces the Writer of Riddles
eul_wid: rty-aa
eul_aid: rty
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/grc/panarces-the-riddler/paradoxical-encounters"
canonical_json: "https://eulogikon.org/data/works/grc/panarces-the-riddler-paradoxical-encounters-rty-aa.json"
sha256: c2902139cb08bcca8238d99fc84a64842b567c400cbe07e86647d8dcc6a43ea0
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Riddles of Paradoxical Encounters

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Panarces the Writer of Riddles

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## Text

### book a.1

αἶνός τίς ἐστιν ὡς ἀνήρ

### book a.2

τε κοὐκ ἀνὴρ ὄρνιθα κοὐκ ὄρνιθ’ ἰδών

### book a.3

τε κοὐκ ἰδὼν ἐπὶ ξύλου

### book a.4

τε κοὐ ξύλου καθημένην λίθωι

### book a.5

τε κοὐ λίθωι βάλοι

### book a.6

τε κοὐ βάλοι.

### book b.1

ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ἄνθρωπος δ’ ὅμως, ὄρνιθα κοὐκ ὄρνιθα, †ὄρνιθα δ’ ὅμως†, ἐπὶ ξύλου

### book b.2

τε κοὐ ξύλου καθημένην λίθωι βαλών

### book b.3

τε κοὐ λίθωι διώλεσεν.

## License and provenance

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