---
title: Fragments on Fish and Sea Creatures
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἰχθύων καὶ Ἑρπετῶν θαλασσίων
author: Nausicrates the Comic Poet
eul_wid: fqe-aa
eul_aid: fqe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/nausicrates-fish-sea-creatures-fqe-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Fish and Sea Creatures

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ἰχθύων καὶ Ἑρπετῶν θαλασσίων*

**Author:** Nausicrates the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `fqe-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/nausicrates-fish-sea-creatures-fqe-aa)

## Text

### book 1-2.1

. . . δύο μὲν (φασὶν) ἁπαλοὶ καὶ καλοί, . . . . τοῦ ναυτίλοισι

### book 1-2.2

πολλάκις ἤδη

### book 1-2.3

φανέντος

### book 1-2.4

πελαγίοις ἐν ἀγκάλαις, ὃν καὶ τὰ θνητῶν

### book 1-2.5

φασιν ἀγγέλλειν πάθη.

### book 1-2.1

[ln_5][spk_β]Β. γλαῦκον λέγεις. Α. ἔγνωκας . . . . .[ln_5]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . μετ’ αὐτῶν δ’ εἰσὶν ἐκπρεπεῖς φύσιν αἱ ξανθόχρωτες, ἃς κλύδων Αἰξωνικοῖς

### book 1-2.2

πασῶν ἀρίστας ἐν τόποις

### book 1-2.3

παιδεύεται· αἷς καὶ θεὰν

### book 1-2.4

τιμῶσι

### book 1-2.5

φωσφόρον κόρην,[ln_10]δείπνων ὅταν πέμπωσι δῶρα ναυτίλοι. Β. τρίγλας λέγεις . . . . . . . . Α. γαλακτόχρωτα

### book 1-2.6

Σικελὸς ὃν πήγνυς’ ὄχλος[ln_12]. . . . . . . . . . . .

### book 1-2

Β. ῥόμβος.

### book 3

ἐν τῇ γὰρ Ἀττικῇ τίς εἶδε πώποτε λέοντας ἢ τοιοῦτον ἕτερον θηρίον; οὗ δασύποδ’ εὑρεῖν ἐστιν οὐχὶ ῥᾴδιον.

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