---
title: Fragments from a Comedy
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα Κωμῳδίας
author: Philemon Syracusius
eul_wid: lpe-ac
eul_aid: lpe
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/philemon-syracusius-comedy-fragments-lpe-ac"
period: Hellenistic
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments from a Comedy

*Ἀποσπάσματα Κωμῳδίας*

**Author:** Philemon Syracusius

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## Text

### book 1.1

πρὸc τῶι μυροπωλίωι γὰρ ἀνθρώπων

### book 1.2

τινῶν ἤκουcα

### book 1.3

Χαλκοῦν

### book 1.4

περιπατεῖν κλέπτην

### book 1.5

τινά· ἄπειροc ὢν δὲ τοῦ λεγομένου

### book 1.6

πράγματο[c], Ἀριcτομήδη ’νθ’ ἠρόμην

### book 1.7

παριόνθ’ ὁρῶν.[ln_5]ὁ δ’ ἐνήλατ’ εὐθύc μοι

### book 1.8

παραcτὰc [τ]ῶι cκ[έ]λει

### book 1.9

παίει

### book 1.10

τε λὰξ πύξ, ὥcτε μ’ ἐκθανεῖν· ἐπεὶ μόλιc γε

### book 1.11

φεύγων ἐξέπεcον ἄλλῃ λά[θρ]ᾳ.

### book 2

ἀμύγδαλα.

### book 3

Εὐρι[πί]δηc πού [φη]cιν οὕτ〈ω〉c, [ὅc] μόνοc δύ[να]ται λ[έ]γε[ιν ...

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