---
title: Elegiac Fragment
title_greek: Ἐλεγειακὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Asius of Samos
eul_wid: auu-aa
eul_aid: auu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/asius-samos-elegiac-fragment-auu-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Epic (Homeric) (frg)
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Elegiac Fragment

*Ἐλεγειακὸν Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Asius of Samos

**eul_wid:** `auu-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/asius-samos-elegiac-fragment-auu-aa)

## Text

### unit_1

χωλός, στιγματίης, πολυγήραος, ἶσος ἀλήτηι ἦλθε κνισοκόλαξ, εὖτε Μέλης ἐγάμει, ἄκλητος, ζωμοῦ κεχρημένος· ἐν δὲ μέσοισιν ἥρως εἱστήκει βορβόρου ἐξαναδύς·

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