---
title: Fragments of the Asp Known Elsewhere
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς Ἀσπίδος
author: Menander of Athens
eul_wid: hps-ah
eul_aid: hps
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-athens-asp-fragments-hps-ah"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments of the Asp Known Elsewhere

*Ἀποσπάσματα τῆς Ἀσπίδος*

**Author:** Menander of Athens

**eul_wid:** `hps-ah` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/menander-athens-asp-fragments-hps-ah)

## Text

### book 1.1

ὢ τρισάθλιοι, τί πλέον ἔχουσι τῶν ἄλλων; βίον ὡς οἰκτρὸν ἐξαντλοῦσιν οἱ τὰ φρούρια

### book 1.2

τηροῦντες, οἱ τὰς ἀκροπόλεις κεκτημένοι.[ln_5]εἰ πάντας ὑπονοοῦσιν οὕτω ῥαιδίως ἐγχειρίδιον ἔχοντας αὑτοῖς

### book 1.3

προσιέναι, οἵαν δίκην διδόασιν.

### book 2

Ἑλληνίς, οὐκ Ἰβηρίς·

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