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title: Fragments on Fiery Seas
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θαλασσῶν Πυρίνων
author: Hegesianax of Alexandria Troas
eul_wid: kqe-ab
eul_aid: kqe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hegesianax-alexandria-troas-fiery-seas-kqe-ab"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Koine
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Fiery Seas

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Θαλασσῶν Πυρίνων*

**Author:** Hegesianax of Alexandria Troas

**eul_wid:** `kqe-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hegesianax-alexandria-troas-fiery-seas-kqe-ab)

## Text

### 1

Πᾶσα μὲν ἥδε πέριξ πυρὶ λάμπεται, ἐν δ’ ἄρα μέσσῃ γλαυκότερον κυάνοιο φαείνεται ἠΰτε κούρης ὄμμα καὶ ὑγρὰ μέτωπα· τὰ δὲ ῥέθει ἄντα ἔοικεν.

### 2

Ἢ πόντου μέγα κῦμα καταντία κυμαίνοντος δείκελον ἰνδάλλοιτο πυριφλεγέθοντος ἐσόπτρου

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