---
title: "Fragments on Alcmena's Lament"
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀλκμήνης Θρήνου
author: Xenocles the Elder of Athens
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: CC0-1.0
---

# Fragments on Alcmena's Lament

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀλκμήνης Θρήνου*

**Author:** Xenocles the Elder of Athens

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## Text

### book 2.1

[ln_staging]ΑΛΚΜΗΝΗ 〈πυθομένη〉 Λικύμνιον

### book 2.2

τεθνηκέναι ὑπὸ Τληπολέμου·[ln_1]ὦ σκληρὲ δαῖμον, ὦ τύχαι

### book 2.3

χρυσάμπυκες, **[ln_2](ἵππους γ’ ἐλαύνων· ——— ———ὦ Παλλάς, ὥς μ’ ἀπώλεσασ)?

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