---
title: On the Virtues of Men and Women
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Apollonides the Tragic Poet
eul_wid: kbo-aa
eul_aid: kbo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/apollonides-virtues-men-women-kbo-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Virtues of Men and Women

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Apollonides the Tragic Poet

**eul_wid:** `kbo-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/apollonides-virtues-men-women-kbo-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

φεῦ φεῦ, γυναῖκες, ὡς ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἄρα οὐ χρυσός, οὐ τυραννίς, οὐ πλούτου

### book 1.2

χλιδή τοσοῦτον εἶχε διαφόρους τὰς ἡδονάς ὡς ἀνδρὸς ἐσθλοῦ καὶ γυναικὸς εὐσεβοῦς[ln_5]γνώμη δικαία καὶ φρονοῦσα τἄνδικα

### book 2.1

γυναικὸς ἀρετὰς ἀξίως ἐπαινέσαι

### book 2.2

σοφοῦ τινος γένοιτ’ ἂν ἵστορος λόγων

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