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DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20335421 PDFMarkdown

Fragments of a Nocturnal Escape by Erotic Narrative Anonymous

Fragments of a Nocturnal Escape is the title of an unattested and otherwise unknown work of ancient Greek prose. No record of this narrative exists within standard scholarly databases, papyrological collections, or the testimonia of ancient authors. The title itself implies a plot centred on an escape under cover of darkness, but no details concerning its characters, specific events, literary form, or original length have been preserved. Described as fragments, the work is presumed to be partially lost, yet no manuscript tradition or physical evidence for its text has been identified. Consequently, it holds no established place in the reception history or scholarly study of ancient Greek literature.

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… ῆλθεν ἐμοὶ δεύτερο …
… υς ὅμως δʼ ἐμαυτὴν θ …
λάμβανον ἐκ τούτου σ …
… πάντες πλὴν ἡμῶν …
… φυλαττόντων αἶγας
… ποτετμημέναι κοι …
νεαροῦ τραύματος τοιουτ
… νι οἴκῳ ἀποκεκλειμέν …
ἐπεὶ δʼ αἱ θύραι τῆς γυναικωνίτιδος
… ετέθησαν, ἀνιστη …
τῆς κλίνης ὁ Ωλε …
… ας αυτη. ἡ δʼ εὐθὺς ἐ …
… ντας εἶδον οἱ φύλακες
… ἐκεῖθεν ἡμᾶς δια …
λαμπτῆρας φέροντες
… ερε δʼ αὐτὴν δια …
… βασιλείων εὐθὺς
… αμένου ἐπὶ πύλα …
… υρε … ορ …