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title: Fragments on Chios
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Χίου
author: Hypermenes the Historian
eul_wid: puu-aa
eul_aid: puu
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/hypermenes-chios-fragments-puu-aa"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: History
format: Prose
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Chios

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Χίου*

**Author:** Hypermenes the Historian

**eul_wid:** `puu-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/hypermenes-chios-fragments-puu-aa)

## Text

## ΠΕΡΙ ΧΙΟΥ.

### 1

Ptolemaeus Hephaest. lib. VI: Ὑπερμένης ἐν τῷ Περὶ Χίου, Ὁμήρου φησὶ γενέσθαι θεράποντα Σκινδαψὸν ὀνόματι· καὶ τοῦτον ζημιωθῆναι ὑπὸ Χίων χιλίας δραχμὰς διὰ τὸ μὴ καῦσαι τελευτήσαντα τὸν δεσπότην. Ὁ δὲ τὸ ὄργανον εὑρὼν τὸ οὕτω καλούμενον σκινδαψὸν, Ἐρέτριος ἦν, Ποικίλης αὐλητρίδος υἱός.

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