---
title: Fragments on Sea Creatures
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἐνάλων Ζῴων
author: Nausicrates the Comic Poet
eul_wid: fqe-ab
eul_aid: fqe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/nausicrates-sea-creatures-fqe-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Sea Creatures

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἐνάλων Ζῴων*

**Author:** Nausicrates the Comic Poet

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

## Text

### book 1.1

Δύο μὲν ἁπαλοὶ καὶ καλοί . . . . τοῦ ναυτίλοισι

### book 1.2

πολλάκις ἤδη

### book 1.3

φανέντος

### book 1.4

πελαγίοις ἐν ἀγκάλαις, ὃν καὶ τὰ θνητῶν

### book 1.5

φασιν ἀγγέλλειν πάθη.

### book 1

[ln_5][spk_β]Β. γλαῦκον λέγεις. Α. ἔγνωκας.

### book 2.1

Μετ’ αὐτῶν δ’ εἰσὶν ἐκπρεπεῖς φίσιν αἱ ξανθοχρῶτες, ἃς κλύδων Αἰξωνικός

### book 2.2

πασῶν ἀρίστας ἐν τόποις

### book 2.3

παιδεύεται, αἷς καὶ θεὰν

### book 2.4

τιμῶσι

### book 2.5

φωσφόρον Κόρην

### book 2.1

[ln_5][spk_β]δείπνων ὅταν πέμπωσι δῶρα ναυτίλοι. Β. τρίγλας λέγεις. γαλακτοχρῶτα

### book 2.2

Σικελὸς ὅν πήγνυς’ ὄχλος ῥόμβος.

### book 1

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

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