---
title: Florentine Fragments
title_greek: Φλωρεντινὰ Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Hellenica  Anonymous
eul_wid: ecy-ac
eul_aid: ecy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hellenica-anon-florentine-fragments-ecy-ac"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: History
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Florentine Fragments

*Φλωρεντινὰ Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Hellenica  Anonymous

**eul_wid:** `ecy-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hellenica-anon-florentine-fragments-ecy-ac)

## Text

### t 1 1

FRAGMENTA FLORENTINA (PSI 1304) [ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] .

### A 1 1

αικα[ . ....................... ]ντων [ .. ................... ] . [ .. ] τετρακ[ο] [σι .... .......... ]ν προτρο[πάδ]ην ἐ [τράπησαν, οἱ δὲ] Λακεδαιμό[νιοι . ]ωρι . [ ........... ]ν ὑ[π]εχώρου[ν ἐν] τάξει [πρὸς τοὺς λόφο]υς. οἱ δὲ στρατιῶ[τα]ι των [Ἀθηναίων το]ύτους μὲν οὐκ ἐδίωξαν, [τοῖς δὲ Μεγαρε]ῦσι〈ν〉 [ἐ]πακολουθοῦντες ἐ [πὶ .......... ] ὁδοῦ τῆς πρὸς τὴν π[όλιν φερούσης] καταβάλλουσιν αὐτῶν [ἀριθμὸν πολύ]ν. μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καταδρα[μόντες τὴν χ]ώραν καὶ τοὺς νεκροὺς [ἀποδόντες ὑπο]σπόνδους τῶν Μεγαρέ[ων] κα[ὶ τοὺς τῶ]ν Λακεδ[α]ιμονίων (ἀπέ[θα]νον [δὲ το]ύτων ὡς εἴκοσιν) ἱστᾶσιν [τρ]οπαῖ[ον· τ]αῦτα δὲ ποιήσαντες ἀνεχώ[ρ]ησαν πάλιν ἐπ’ οἴκου. Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ πυ [θ]όμενοι τὰ περὶ τῆς μάχης τοῖς μὲν [στ]ρατηγοῖς ὠργίζοντο καὶ χαλεπῶς εἶ[χο]ν ὑπολαμβάνοντες [π]ροπετῶς αὐ[το]ὺς ἀνελέσθαι τὸν κίνδ[υ]νον καὶ κυ[βε]ῦσαι περὶ ὅλης τῆς πόλεως, ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ [νί]κῃ περι[χα]ρεῖ[ς] ἦσαν· ἐ[τ]ύγχανον γὰρ [Λα]κεδαιμον[ίω]ν οὐδέποτε πρότερον κ[ε κρατη]κότες [ .

### A 1 2

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### A 2 1

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### B 3 1

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### B 4 1

ὥ]σπερ εἰώ[θει ............. ] ρας ἐκπ[έ]μπειν ν[αῦς .............. ] αὐτάς, πληρώσας τρ[ιήρεις δέκα τὰς ἄριστα] πλεούσας, τὰς μὲν ἑτ[έρας ἐκέλευσε ναυ]λοχεῖν ἕως ἂν ἀπάρω[σιν αἱ τῶν πολεμί]ων πόρρω τῆς γῆς, [αὐτὸς δὲ ταῖς δέκα προ]έπλει πρὸς τὴν Ἔφεσ[ον .............. ] προσαξόμενος αὐτά[ς. Λύσανδρος δὲ κατι] δὼν α[ὐ]τοὺς τρεῖς να[ῦς εὐθὺς καθεῖλκεν· αἵ] περ κα[ὶ] πρότερον αὐ[τ .

### B 4 2

............ ] καταδύ[ο]υσι τὸν Ἀ[ν]τ[ίοχον ......... ] ως καὶ διαφθείρου[σιν ........... τῶν] μὲν Ἀθηναίων φ[οβηθέντες οἱ συμπλέον] τες εὐθέως πρὸς τἄ[μπαλιν ἐτράπησαν οὐ] προνοούμενοι τ[ὸ να]υμα[χῆσαι κατὰ κρά]τος· Λύσανδρος δὲ ἀ[ν]αλαβ[ὼν πάσας τὰς τρι]ήρεις ἐδίωκε τοὺς [π]ολεμ[ίους. οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ] τῶν Ἀθηναίων κ[α]τιδόν[τες ἀπηρκότας] τοὺς Λακεδαιμον[ίου]ς καὶ δ[ιώκοντας τὴν] αὑτῶν δεκαναΐα[ν] ἐνέβ[ησαν μὲν εὐθέως,] ἐπειγόμενοι βοηθῆσαι τα[ῖς αὑτῶν ναυσίν·] ἐπικειμένων δὲ τῶν ἐν[αντίων ἤδη διὰ] ταχέων πάσας μὲν οὐκ ἠ[δύναντο τὰς] τριήρεις φθῆναι π[λ]ηρώ[σαντες, ταῖς δὲ] πλείσταις αὐτῶν μ[ι]κρὸν [ἐκ τοῦ λιμέ]νος ἀναχθέντες το[ῦ τ]ῶν [Κολοφωνίων] τὰς μὲν προπλευ[σά]σας [ .

### B 4 3

.......... ,] αὐτοὶ δὲ ταραχθέντες ἀμα[χεὶ ......... ] καὶ δι’ ἀταξίαν ὑπεχώρη[σαν τοῖς πολε]μίοις. Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ κα[τιδόντες φεύ]γον[τα]ς τοὺς Ἀθηνα[ί]ους ἐπε[νεχθέντες δι]αφθείρουσιν αὐτῶν καὶ λα[μβάνουσιν εἴ]κοσι καὶ δύο ναῦς, τὰς δὲ λοιπὰ[ς εἰς τὸ Νότι ο]ν κατέκλεισαν. ἐκεῖνοι μὲν ο[ὖν διαπραξά]μενοι ταῦτα καὶ τροπαῖον στ[ήσαντες] πρὸς τῷ λιμένι τῆς πόλεως εἰς [τἄμπα]λιν ἀπῆλθον· Ἀθηναῖοι δὲ παραυ[τίκα μὲν] ἡ[σ]υχίαν εἶχον, παρελθουσῶ[ν δὲ .

### B 4 4

..... ] τριῶν ἡμερῶν θεραπεύσ[αντες ..... ] [ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ]α[ .

### C 5 1

. ]αυτ[ .............. ] [ .... ] ....... εἰώθει γὰ[ρ ......... ... ὁ]μολογίας εὐθέως . [ ....... τοὺς] [φυγ]άδας. παρ’ αὐτῷ μὲν γ[ὰρ .

### C 5 2

... ]ν ἐν [τῷ νε]ῲ τῷ τῆς Δήμητρ[ος καὶ Κό]ρης, ὃ[ς .... ]γε τοῖς τείχεσί ἐστι [ ..... ]ου διὰ τὴν [ .... ]ν ἐγεγόνει τῇ [ὕλῃ, νύκ]τωρ [δ]ὲ κατα[στὰς] τὸν μὲν 〈ἄλλον〉 χρόνον [ἡσυ]χίαν εἶχεν [ἐγκρ]ύψας αὑτὸν εἰς τὴ[ν] ὕλην· ὅτε δὲ [κατασ]ταίη φύλαξ ὁ Ἀθη[ναῖο]ς, ἐκεῖνος μὲν καθεὶς ὑπὲρ τοῦ τείχ[ους] σπάρτον ἐποίησεν [ἄ]ν τι σημεῖον ὅτ[ι] παρε[ί‐] ληφεν τὴ[ν φ]υλακήν, ἢ φθεγξάμενο[ς ἢ λί]θῳ βαλών, ὁ δὲ Μύνδ〈ι〉ος ἐξελ[θὼν ἐ]κ τῆς ὕλης πρῶτον μὲν εἴ τι γραμματεῖον εἴη παρ’ ἐκείνου καθειμένον ⟦ τε ⟧ ἐλάμβα[νε]ν καὶ διεφύλαττ[ε]ν, [ἔπειτ]α δὲ προ[σ]ῆψεν αὐτὸς ἂν ἕτερον [τῷ σπάρτῳ γ]ραμμ[α]‖[τεῖον] desunt versus nonnulli [ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] ν[ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] τοντα[ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] τὸ τεῖχ[ος [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] χου εξ[ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ] νυ .

### C 5 3

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### D 5 3 (4)

στης . [] [ὀλ]ίγῳ πλεί[ους] [τ]οῖς ἱπ[πεῦσι] []δυο . [] [ [Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] ]

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