---
title: On the Nature of Evil
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Isidorus the Tragedian
eul_wid: mjo-aa
eul_aid: mjo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/isidorus-tragedian-nature-of-evil-mjo-aa"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: "Attic (dr, frg)"
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Nature of Evil

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Isidorus the Tragedian

**eul_wid:** `mjo-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/isidorus-tragedian-nature-of-evil-mjo-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

μορφὰς ἀτερπεῖς ὄψεσιν κεκτημένος

### book 1.2

παρεμφερεῖς

### book 1.3

ταύταισι

### book 1.4

τοὺς

### book 1.5

τρόπους ἔχεις· ἐκ

### book 1.6

τοῦ κακοῦ γὰρ ἡ φύσις τίκτει κακόν, ὡς ἐξ ἐχίδνης πάλιν ἔχιδνα γίγνεται

### book 2.1

θνητὸς

### book 2.2

πεφυκὼς τὰ ὀπίσω

### book 2.3

πειρῶ βλέπειν

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