---
title: Sophocles on Euripides and Love
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Sophocles
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Sophocles on Euripides and Love

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Sophocles

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## Text

### book 1

Ἀρχέλεως· ἦν γὰρ σύμμετρον ὧδε λέγειν.

### book 4.1

ἥλιος ἦν, οὐ παῖς, Εὐριπίδη, ὅς με

### book 4.2

χλιαίνων [para]γυμνὸν ἐποίησεν· σοὶ δὲ φιλοῦντι †ἑταίραν Βορρᾶς ὡμίλησε. σὺ δ’ οὐ σοφός, ὃς τὸν Ἔρωτα, ἀλλοτρίαν

### book 4.3

σπείρων, λωποδύτην ἀπάγεις.

### book 5.1

ὠιδὴν Ἡροδότωι

### book 5.2

τεῦξεν

### book 5.3

Σοφοκλῆς ἐτέων ὢν πέντ’ ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα.

## License and provenance

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