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title: On the Customs of Byzantium
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Damon of Athens
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period: Classical
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: Philosophy
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# On the Customs of Byzantium

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Damon of Athens

**eul_wid:** `bzy-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/damon-athens-customs-byzantium-bzy-aa)

## Text

## ΠΕΡΙ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΟΥ.

### 1

Athenaeus X: Φύλαρχος ἐν ἕκτῃ Βυζαντίους, οἰνόφλυγας ὄντας, ἐν τοῖς καπηλείοις οἰκεῖν, ἐκμισθώσαντας τοὺς ἑαυτῶν θαλάμους μετὰ τῶν γυναικῶν τοῖς ξένοις, πολεμίας σάλπιγγος οὐδ’ ἐν ὕπνοις ὑπομένοντας ἀκοῦσαι. Διὸ καὶ πολεμουμένων ποτὲ αὐτῶν, καὶ οὐ προσκαρτερούντων τοῖς τείχεσι, Λεωνίδης ὁ στρατηγὸς ἐκέλευσε τὰ καπηλεῖα ἐπὶ τῶν τειχῶν σκηνοπηγεῖν, καὶ μόλις ποτὲ ἐπαύσαντο λιποτακτοῦντες, ὥς φησι Δάμων ἐν τῷ Περὶ Βυζαντίου.

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