---
title: Fragments on Egyptian Life
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Αἰγυπτιακοῦ Βίου
author: Hipparchus of Nicaea II
eul_wid: lwc-aa
eul_aid: lwc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hipparchus-nicaea-egyptian-life-lwc-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: Science
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Egyptian Life

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Αἰγυπτιακοῦ Βίου*

**Author:** Hipparchus of Nicaea II

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## Text

### 496

Ἰλιὰς Αἰγυπτία ἀλλὰ λοπάς μ’ εὔφραιν’ ἢ μήτρης καλὰ πρόσωπα ἐκβολάδος, δέλφαξ 〈δ’〉 ἐν κλιβάνῳ ἡδέα ὄζων.

### 497

οὐ〈δέ〉 μοι Αἰγυπτίων βίος ἤρεσεν οἷον ἔχουσι, χέννια τίλλοντες καλκατιαδεισαλέοντα

*[crux: καλκατιαδεισαλέοντα]*

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