---
title: "Fragments on Poseidon's Dominion"
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Ποσειδῶνος Ἀρχῆς
author: Hermonax the Epic Poet
eul_wid: cee-aa
eul_aid: cee
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hermonax-poseidon-dominion-cee-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Epic (Homeric) (frg)
domain: Epic
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Poseidon's Dominion

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῆς Ποσειδῶνος Ἀρχῆς*

**Author:** Hermonax the Epic Poet

**eul_wid:** `cee-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hermonax-poseidon-dominion-cee-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

Δαπέδου μεδέοντος ἔστι

### book 1.2

Ποσειδῶνος 〈δι’ ἁλὸς μεμαῶσι νέεσθαι〉 ἄρμενος ἐς πόλεμόν

### book 1.3

τε καὶ ἐν νήεσσι μάχεσθαι· ἐσθλὸς καὶ πεζοῖσι καὶ ἱππήεσσιν ἄριστος[ln_5]ἐν

### book 1.4

πεδίῳ θεμένοισι μάχην, ἐν ὄρει δέ γε

### book 1.5

χείρων

### book 1.6

φαινόμενος· μάλα γὰρ πέλεται νικηφόρος ὄρνις· ἔς

### book 1.7

τε βοηλασίην ὁρμωμένῳ ἢ ἐπὶ λείην ἄρμενος· ὁπλίτην κεν ἄγων οἶκόνδε νέοιτο.

### book 2

Καὶ ὅταν κατὰ δεξιὰ χειρὸς ἀστράπτῃ, νίκην καὶ ὑπέρτερον εὖχος ὀπάζει.

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