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title: Fragments on Theban and Trojan Myths
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θηβαϊκῶν καὶ Τρωϊκῶν Μύθων
author: Sosiphanes of Syracuse
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domain: Drama
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# Fragments on Theban and Trojan Myths

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θηβαϊκῶν καὶ Τρωϊκῶν Μύθων*

**Author:** Sosiphanes of Syracuse

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## Text

### book 1.1

[ln_1]μάγοις ἐπῳδαῖς πᾶσα Θεσσαλὶς κόρη

### book 1.2

ψευδὴς

### book 1.3

σελήνης αἰθέρος καταιβάτις

### book 2.1

νῦν

### book 2.2

σοι

### book 2.3

πρὸς ὄψιν θυμὸς ἡβάτω, γέρον· νυνὶ †δεῖ γ’ ὀργήν, ἡνίκ’ ἠδικοῦ, λαβεῖν

### book 3.1

ὦ δυστυχεῖς μὲν

### book 3.2

πολλά, παῦρα δ’ ὄλβιοι βροτοί, τί σεμνύνεσθε

### book 3.3

ταῖς ἐξουσίαις, ἃς ἕν τ’ ἔδωκε φέγγος ἕν τ’ ἀφείλετο; ἢν δ’ εὐτυχῆτε μηδὲν ὄντες εὐθέως[ln_5]ἴς’ οὐρανῷ φρονεῖτε, τὸν δὲ κύριον Ἅιδην

### book 3.4

παρεστῶτ’ οὐχ ὁρᾶτε

### book 3.5

πλησίον

### book 4

ὑπὸ τοῦ Λαΐου ... τεθνηκέναι τὸν Μενοικέα

### book 5?

Μενελάου ... καὶ Ἑλένης ... παῖδες ... Νικόστρατος καὶ †Ἴολμος ...

### book 7

ἐξ αὐτῆς (sc. Ἑρμιόνης) Νεοπτολέμῳ Ἀγχίαλον γενέσθαι

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