---
title: Fragments on Scylla and Galatea
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Σκύλλης καὶ Γαλατείας
author: Hedyle
eul_wid: kgy-aa
eul_aid: kgy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hedyle-scylla-galatea-kgy-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Scylla and Galatea

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Σκύλλης καὶ Γαλατείας*

**Author:** Hedyle

**eul_wid:** `kgy-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hedyle-scylla-galatea-kgy-aa)

## Text

### book 456.1

[ln_1]ἢ κόγχους δωρήματ’ Ἐρυθραίης ἀπὸ πέτρης ἢ τοὺς ἀλκυόνων

### book 456.2

παῖδας ἔτ’ ἀπτερύγους τῇ νύμφῃ δύσπιστος ἀθύρματα. δάκρυ δ’ ἐκείνου καὶ Σειρὴν γείτων

### book 456.3

παρθένος ᾠκτίσατο·[ln_5]ἀκτὴν γὰρ κείνην ἀπενήχετο καὶ τὰ σύνεγγυς Αἴτνης.

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