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title: On the Vicissitudes of Fate
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Patrocles of Thurii
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
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---

# On the Vicissitudes of Fate

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Patrocles of Thurii

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## Text

### book 1.1

καὶ νῦν τὰ δεινὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ πόλλ’ ἔπη εἰς ὧδε μικρὸν

### book 1.2

τεῦχος ἤθροισεν τύχη. τί δῆτα θνητοὶ πόλλ’ ἀπειλοῦμεν μάτην δεινοὺς ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισι πέμποντες λόγους,[ln_5]καὶ πάντα

### book 1.3

συννοοῦμεν ἐκπράξειν

### book 1.4

χερί, πρόσω βλέποντες; τὴν δὲ πλησίον τύχην οὐκ ἴσμεν οὐδ’ ὁρῶμεν ἀθλίου μόρου

### book 2

περὶ τοῖν Διοσκούροιν

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