---
title: Fragments on Human Affairs
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἀνθρωπίνων Πραγμάτων
author: Pherecrates the Comic Poet
eul_wid: dxy-ac
eul_aid: dxy
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/pherecrates-human-affairs-dxy-ac"
lang: grc
period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: Poetry
genre: "Comedy, Drama"
content_hash: "sha256:8a1df1804271a772231938fc01c6f1a04a1186f499525c4b789c689e5104ef2c"
content_modified_at: "2026-09-24"
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Human Affairs

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τῶν Ἀνθρωπίνων Πραγμάτων*

**Author:** Pherecrates the Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `dxy-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/pherecrates-human-affairs-dxy-ac)

## Text

### book 1

ἀμφίμαλλον.

### book 2

ὦ Ζεῦ, καλῶς γ’ ἀνταποδίδως μοι τὴν χάριν.

### book 3

ἀνταπόδος.

### book 4

ἁνὴρ ἀναρριπίζεται.

### book 5

ῥαίνειν, ἀνακορεῖν ἀγοράς.

### book 6

ἐβάδιζον δ’ ἀπὸ δείπνου· κνέφας δ’ ἦν ἄρτι κοὐκ ἀωρία.

### book 7

ἀμφέξομαι.

### book 8

ἀνελεύθερον σῶμα.

### book 9

τί δ’ αὐτὸ λίαν ὧδε λιπαρεῖς θεόν;

### book 10

ὥστ’ ἀνέρρωγε〈ν〉 τὸ φώνημ’ εὐθὺς ὀξὺ καὶ μέγα.

### book 11

ζῆθι.

### book 12.1

ὦ Χάριτες, ἀφροδίσιόν

### book 12.2

τιν’ ὑμέναιον ὑμνεῖτε γαμικόν

### book 12.3

τε.

### book 13

οὐδ’ εἰς Ἑταίρας οὐδ’ Ἀφροδίτου πώποτε.

### book 14

ἀναστῶ.

### book 15

ἀνάσχωμαι.

### book 16

ἀνδράποδον (de serva).

### book 17

ἀνδροκάπραινα καὶ μεθύση καὶ φαρμακίς.

### book 18

ἀνέζεσεν αἷμα.

### book 19

ἀνούστατος.

### book 20

ἀντιβλέπει.

### book 21

μείξοφρυς μέλαιν’ ἐπιεικῶς κατ’ ἐμέ.

### book 22

Φερε]κράτους.[ln_1][ἀνὴρ γὰρ ὅστις ἀπ]οθανούσης δυσφορ[εῖ] [γυναικός, οὗτος οὐκ] ἐπίστατ’ εὐτυχεῖν.

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