---
title: Fragments on Servants and Masters
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Δούλων καὶ Δεσποτῶν
author: Alexis the Comic Poet
eul_wid: ivq-ac
eul_aid: ivq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/alexis-servants-masters-ivq-ac"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Servants and Masters

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Δούλων καὶ Δεσποτῶν*

**Author:** Alexis the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `ivq-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/alexis-servants-masters-ivq-ac)

## Text

### book 278b.1

ἀλλ’ ἐπὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἐμφερεῖς

### book 278b.2

τοὺς οἰκέτας ἔχοντας ὄψει

### book 278b.3

τοὺς

### book 278b.4

τρόπους

### book 278b.5

τοῖς δεσπόταις. τοῖς ἤθεσιν γὰρ οἷς ὑπηρετοῦς’ ἀεὶ προσέχουσα

### book 278b.6

τούτοις ἡ φύσις κεράννυται.

### book 303b.1

.. πολίτην

### book 303b.2

πτωχαλαζόν’ οἶδ’ ἐγώ, ὃς ἔχων δραχμῆς ἅπαντα τἀργυρώματα ἐβόα καλῶν τὸν

### book 303b.3

παῖδ’, ἕν’ ὄντα καὶ μόνον, ὀνόμασι δὲ ψαμμακοσίοισι

### book 303b.4

χρώμενον,[ln_5]‘παῖ Στρομβιχίδη, τῶν ἀργυρωμάτων σὺ μὴ τῶν

### book 303b.5

χειμερινῶν νῦν, ἀλλὰ τῶν θερινῶν‘ ἔφη ‘παράθεσ‘.

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