---
title: Comic Fragments on Guard Duty
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φυλακῆς Κωμικά
author: Chionides the Comic Poet
eul_wid: bou-ab
eul_aid: bou
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/chionides-guard-duty-bou-ab"
period: Archaic
dialect: "Attic (com, frg)"
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Comic Fragments on Guard Duty

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Φυλακῆς Κωμικά*

**Author:** Chionides the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `bou-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/chionides-guard-duty-bou-ab)

## Text

### book 1.1

Πολλοὺς ἐγᾦδα κοὐ κατὰ σὲ νεανίας

### book 1.2

φρουροῦντας ἀτεχνῶς κἀν σάμακι κοιμωμένους.

### book 2.1

Καὶ μὴν μὰ τὸν Δί’ οὐδὲν ἔτι γέ μοι δοκῶ ἄγνου διαφέρειν ἐν

### book 2.2

χαράδρᾳ πεφυκότος.

### book 1.1

Ταῦτ’ οὐ μὰ Δία Γνήσιππος οὐδὲ Κλεομένης ἐν ἐννέ’ ἂν

### book 1.2

χορδαῖς κατεγλυκήνατο.

### book 2-3.1

Ἆρ’ ἂν φάγοιτ’ ἂν καὶ ταρίχους, ὦ θεοί. Ἐπὶ τῷ ταρίχει τῷδε

### book 2-3.2

τοίνυν κόπτετον.

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