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title: Phoenician Matters
title_greek: Φοινικικά
author: Lollianus the Erotic Writer
eul_wid: qek-aa
eul_aid: qek
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/lollianus-phoenician-matters-qek-aa"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
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# Phoenician Matters

*Φοινικικά*

**Author:** Lollianus the Erotic Writer

**eul_wid:** `qek-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/lollianus-phoenician-matters-qek-aa)

## Text

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[] [ ... ]ηγαγε[ ..... ..... ]τος κα[ ..... ..... .. ]μεν[ . ] . [ .... ]δε [ ... ] . ενδιε[ ..... ..... Π]ερσιδι τ[ ..... .. ]ι πειθοντες και γε [ ... ]αν επ[ ..... ..... ]ει με εις [ ... ]ημα αποκεκρυμμενο(ν) [θ]εραπαιν[ ..... ..... ]κε ⟦ σιο ⟧ ‵ λη ′μενων και καταλαμβανω την [Π]ερσιδα εν[δον εμε αν]αμενουσα[ν]· και τοτε πρωτον επειρα < [θ]ην συνου[σιας· η μεν] περιελομενη μοι εδιδου τα χρυσια α πε [ρι]εκειτο μ[ ..... τη]ς διακορησεως εγω δ ουκ αν εφην λαβει(ν)· [η] δε τον Γλα[υκετην] καλει και επει παρηλθεν εκεινωι διδω [σι] και κελε[υει ..... ]μιαι κομισαντα παρ αυτην δ[ισ]χιλιας α [ρι]θ μησασ[θαι ..... . ]επ [ε]με ετραπ[ετ]ο και ου προτερον ε [π]αυσατο π[ριν ..... α]μφω ελαβε[ν] και ημερα επελαμψε(ν)· ... ουν . 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