---
title: Fragments on Sea Creatures
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν ἐν θαλάσσῃ Ζῴων
author: Pancrates of Arcadia
eul_wid: jqu-aa
eul_aid: jqu
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period: Hellenistic
dialect: Epic (Homeric) (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Sea Creatures

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν ἐν θαλάσσῃ Ζῴων*

**Author:** Pancrates of Arcadia

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## Text

### book 598

πομπίλος, ὃν καλέουσιν ἁλίπλοοι ἱερὸν ἰχθύν

### book 599.1

οἷς ἤδη κίχλην οἰνώδεα, τὴν καλαμῆες

### book 599.2

σαῦρον κικλήσκουσι καὶ αἰολίην, ὀρφίσκον

### book 599.3

πιότατον κεφαλῇ.

### book 600.1

σάλπαι τ’ ἰσομήκεες ἰχθῦς, ἅς

### book 600.2

τε βόας

### book 600.3

πορκῆες ἁλίζωοι καλέουσιν, οὕνεκα γαστέρι φῦκος ἀεὶ ἀλέουσιν ὀδοῦσιν.

### book 602.1

[ln_1]αὐτὰρ ὅ γε

### book 602.2

σπείσας ἐκ κόνδυος ἀργυφέοιο νέκταρ ἐπ’ ἀλλοδαπὴν οἶμον ἔβαινε πόδα

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