---
title: Riddles of Paradoxical Encounters
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Panarces the Writer of Riddles
eul_wid: rty-aa
eul_aid: rty
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/panarces-riddles-paradoxical-encounters-rty-aa"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Poetry
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Riddles of Paradoxical Encounters

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Panarces the Writer of Riddles

**eul_wid:** `rty-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/panarces-riddles-paradoxical-encounters-rty-aa)

## Text

### book a.1

αἶνός τίς ἐστιν ὡς ἀνήρ

### book a.2

τε κοὐκ ἀνὴρ ὄρνιθα κοὐκ ὄρνιθ’ ἰδών

### book a.3

τε κοὐκ ἰδὼν ἐπὶ ξύλου

### book a.4

τε κοὐ ξύλου καθημένην λίθωι

### book a.5

τε κοὐ λίθωι βάλοι

### book a.6

τε κοὐ βάλοι.

### book b.1

ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἄνθρωπος, ἄνθρωπος δ’ ὅμως, ὄρνιθα κοὐκ ὄρνιθα, ὄρνιθα δ’ ὅμως, ἐπὶ ξύλου

*[crux: ὄρνιθα δ’ ὅμως]*

### book b.2

τε κοὐ ξύλου καθημένην λίθωι βαλών

### book b.3

τε κοὐ λίθωι διώλεσεν.

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