---
title: Fragments on Poetic Criticism
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποητικῆς Κρίσεως
author: Chamaeleon of Heraclea Pontica
eul_wid: gww-ab
eul_aid: gww
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/chamaeleon-heraclea-poetic-criticism-gww-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: "Attic (phi, frg)"
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Poetic Criticism

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ποητικῆς Κρίσεως*

**Author:** Chamaeleon of Heraclea Pontica

**eul_wid:** `gww-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/chamaeleon-heraclea-poetic-criticism-gww-ab)

## Text

### 28 bis

PAP. OX. 2506 fr. 26 col. 1, 2—12 (s. 1/2 p.; vol. 29, 1963, 10. 35f. [Taf. 4]; Lyrik.—Komment. [s. Stesich. F 16 〈mel. 193〉 Page = Lyrica Graeca selcta 35 〈Stesich. F 63〉]): [... μέμ]ˈφεται (Stesich.) τὸν [Ὅμ]ηρο[ν, ὅτι Ἑˈλέ]νην [ἐπ]οίησεν ἐν [Τροίαι] ˈ καὶ οὐ τὸ εἴδωλον αὐτῆ[ς, ἔν] ˈ τε τ[ῆι] ἑτέραι τὸν Ἡσίοδ[ον] (F 358 not. Merk.—West) ˈ μέμ[φετ]αι. διτταὶ γάρ εἰσι Παˈλινω〈ι〉δ(ίαι) [ἀ]λλάττουσαι, καὶ ἔστιν 〈τ〉ῆ〈σ〉 μὲν 〈ἡ〉 ἀρχὴ ‘δεῦ ⟦ τε ⟧ ρ’ αὖˈτε θεὰ φιλόμολπε‘, τῆς δὲ ˈ ‘χρυσόπτερε παρθένε‘, ⟦ ρ ⟧ ὡς ˈ ἀνέγραψε Χαμαιλ [ έ ω ]ν ...

### 32c

PAP. OX. 2451 B fr. 1, 2—4 (s. 1—2 p.; vol. 26, 1961, 162 [Taf. 17]): ... Χαμαιλέω [ ν καὶ Ἴστρος (334 F77 bis) φασὶ περὶ τὸν Ἑλι]κῶνα κυν[ηγετοῦντα αὐτὸν] (Pind.) [... προσπε]τομένα[ς] (scil.τὰς μελίσσας) ...

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