---
title: On the Rooster of Philip
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Heraclides Ponticus
eul_wid: fqy-aa
eul_aid: fqy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/heraclides-ponticus-rooster-philip-fqy-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Rooster of Philip

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Heraclides Ponticus

**eul_wid:** `fqy-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/heraclides-ponticus-rooster-philip-fqy-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

Ἀλεκτρυόνα τὸν

### book 1.2

τοῦ Φιλίππου

### book 1.3

παραλαβὼν ἀωρὶ κοκκύζοντα καὶ πλανώμενον κατέκοψεν· οὐ γὰρ εἶχεν οὐδέπω λόφον. ἕνα κατακόψας μάλα

### book 1.4

συχνοὺς ἐδείπνισεν[ln_5]Χάρης Ἀθηναίων τόθ’, ὡς γενναῖος ἦν.

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