---
title: Staphylus
title_greek: Στάφυλος
author: Erotic Narrative Anonymous
eul_wid: skw-ao
eul_aid: skw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-staphylus-skw-ao"
period: Late Antique
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Staphylus

*Στάφυλος*

**Author:** Erotic Narrative Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `skw-ao` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/erotica-anon-staphylus-skw-ao)

## Text

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[]οι Στάφυλος []τι ἀτιμᾶν [ ] . αμε []ος ᾔτει [ ]ν και [] . ημα []ασθαι ω[]πεπον[ ]ν [ ]ντυγ[ ]η [ ]εῖπε [Ἱ]ππότις [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] παιδὸς Σταφύλου, κολακεύσας γυναῖκα λάβῃ. [13]

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τού[του δ’] ὅραμα ἰδοῦσα ἡ Ἱππότις μετενόει ἐφ’ οἷς εὔξατο· ἐφοβεῖτο γὰρ περὶ τοῦ παιδὸς μή τις κίνδυνος τὸν ἐκτεθέντα καταλάβῃ. ὅμως δ’ οὖν φέρουσα δίδωσί τε ταῖς ἀμπέλοις τὸν Στάφυλον, καὶ αὑτὴ εἰς τὰς Σάρδεις ἐπορεύθη. τὸν μὲν οὖν Στάφυλον ἀνευρὼν ὁ τῶν ἀμπέλων φύλαξ φέρων δίδωσι τῷ Δρύαντι, ὁ δὲ μέγα τι χρῆμα του [ ...... ] . [ . ] . νη[ .. ] ... ε [ ........ αὐ]τὸν πόθος λαμ[Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] εχως δὲ ἐμακάριζεν αὑτὸν καὶ εὐδαιμόνιζεν ἐπὶ [τῷ] παιδὶ καὶ τὴν βίαν τοῖς φιλτάτοις ἐξεῖπεν καὶ ὅτι τοῦ μὲν παιδὸς ἡττοῖτο, τὴν δὲ μητ[έ‐] ρα αὐτοῦ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅ τι παθὼν ἀποστρέφεται. [5]

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καὶ Στάφυλος μὲν ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις τοῖς Δρύαντος τρέφεται, ὡς νεώτερος βασιλεύς. Ἱππότις δὲ ἐν ταῖς Σάρδεσιν ἀκούσ[ασα] τὴν τοῦ παιδὸ[ς κα]τάσ[τασιν] ὑπερ[ή]δετο και[] ἐν Σάρ[δ]εσιν [] ... [ .. ] . ισ[] [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] [15]

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