---
title: On Human Envy and Praise
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Mimnermus of Colophon II
eul_wid: ami-aa
eul_aid: ami
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/mimnermus-colophon-envy-praise-ami-aa"
period: Archaic
dialect: Ionic Elegiac
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On Human Envy and Praise

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Mimnermus of Colophon II

**eul_wid:** `ami-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/mimnermus-colophon-envy-praise-ami-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

[ln_1]δεινοὶ γὰρ ἀνδρὶ πάντες ἐσμὲν εὐκλεεῖ ζῶντι

### book 1.2

φθονῆσαι, κατθανόντα δ’ αἰνέσαι.

### book 2

.. οἷα δὴ φιλοῦσιν ἰατροὶ λέγειν, τὰ φαῦλα μείζω καὶ τὰ δείν’ ὑπὲρ φόβον, πυργοῦντες αὑτούς

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