---
title: Fragments on Makynna and Desire
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μακύννης καὶ Ἔρωτος
author: Archytas of Amphissa
eul_wid: kaa-aa
eul_aid: kaa
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/archytas-amphissa-makynna-desire-kaa-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Epic (Homeric)
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Makynna and Desire

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Μακύννης καὶ Ἔρωτος*

**Author:** Archytas of Amphissa

**eul_wid:** `kaa-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/archytas-amphissa-makynna-desire-kaa-aa)

## Text

### book 1

Τὰν βοτρυοστέφανον μυρίπνουν Μάκυνναν ἐραννάν

### book 2.1

[ln_1]Ὥριον οἷά τε μῆλον, ὅ τ’ ἀργιλώδεσιν ὄχθαις

### book 2.2

πορφύρεον ἐλαχείῃ ἐνιτρέφεται

### book 2.3

Σιδόεντι.

### book 3

Χρειὼ πάντ’ ἐδίδαξε· τί δ’ οὐ χρειώ κεν ἀνεύροι;

### book 4

Ὀρθοῦ· καὶ γὰρ μᾶλλον ἐπωδίνουσι μέριμναι.

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