---
title: On the Vicissitudes of Fate
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Patrocles of Thurii
eul_wid: gmc-aa
eul_aid: gmc
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/patrocles-thurii-vicissitudes-fate-gmc-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# On the Vicissitudes of Fate

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Patrocles of Thurii

**eul_wid:** `gmc-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/patrocles-thurii-vicissitudes-fate-gmc-aa)

## Text

### book 1.1

καὶ νῦν τὰ δεινὰ ταῦτα καὶ τὰ πόλλ’ ἔπη εἰς ὧδε μικρὸν

### book 1.2

τεῦχος ἤθροισεν τύχη. τί δῆτα θνητοὶ πόλλ’ ἀπειλοῦμεν μάτην δεινοὺς ἐπ’ ἀλλήλοισι πέμποντες λόγους,[ln_5]καὶ πάντα

### book 1.3

συννοοῦμεν ἐκπράξειν

### book 1.4

χερί, πρόσω βλέποντες; τὴν δὲ πλησίον τύχην οὐκ ἴσμεν οὐδ’ ὁρῶμεν ἀθλίου μόρου

### book 2

περὶ τοῖν Διοσκούροιν

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