---
title: Fragments on Love and Decorum
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἔρωτος καὶ Εὐσχημοσύνης
author: Crates the Comic Poet
eul_wid: dac-ac
eul_aid: dac
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/crates-comic-love-decorum-dac-ac"
lang: grc
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Love and Decorum

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἔρωτος καὶ Εὐσχημοσύνης*

**Author:** Crates the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `dac-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/crates-comic-love-decorum-dac-ac)

## Text

### book 1

σὲ δὲ χρὴ σιγᾶν μηδ’ ἀναγρύζειν.

### book 2

–– καὶ μάλιστ’ ἀφροδισίοις ἀθύρμασιν· ἡδὺ γὰρ κἀκεῖνο τὸ δρᾶν, λέγε‐[ln_5]σθαι δ’ οὐ καλόν 〈ἐστιν〉.

### book 3.1

ἀνδριστὶ μιμεῖσθαι

### book 3.2

φωνήν.

### book 4

ἀναστῶ.

### book 5

ἀντάκουε νῦν ἐμοῦ.

### book 6

‚ἄναλτος χύτρα‛.

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