---
title: "Rhea's Lament to Cronus"
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Philiscus of Athens
eul_wid: gcw-ac
eul_aid: gcw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/philiscus-athens-rhea-lament-gcw-ac"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Rhea's Lament to Cronus

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Philiscus of Athens

**eul_wid:** `gcw-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/philiscus-athens-rhea-lament-gcw-ac)

## Text

### book 215.1

[spk_(ῥεα)](ῬΕΑ) ‘τί οὖν ἐμοὶ τῶν c[ῶν μέ]λει;‘ φαίη

### book 215.2

τιc ἂν ὑμῶν. ἐγὼ δ’ ἐρῶ [τ]ὸ Ϲοφοκλέουc ἔποc· ‘πέπονθα δεινά.‘ πάντα μοι γέρων Κρ[όνοc τὰ παιδί’ ἐκπίνει

### book 215.3

τε καὶ κατεcθίει,[ln_5]ἐμοὶ δὲ τούτων

### book 215.4

προcδίδωcιν οὐδὲ ἕν, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸc ἔρδει

### book 215.5

χειρὶ καὶ Μεγαράδ’ ἄγων ὅ τι ἂν τέκω ’γὼ τοῦτο

### book 215.6

πωλῶν ἐcθίει. δέδοικε γὰρ τὸν

### book 215.7

χρηcμὸν ὥcπερ κυν[ ἔχρηcε γὰρ Κρόνωι

### book 215.8

ποθ’ Ἁπόλλων δραχ[μήν,[ln_10]κἆιτ’ οὐκ ἀπέλαβε. ταῦτα δὴ θυμὸν

### book 215.9

πνέ[ων ἑτέραν ἔχρηcε[ν οὐκέτι] δρα[χ]μῶ[ν ἀ]ξ[ίαν, οὐ cκευάρια, μὰ τὸν Δί’, οὐδὲ χρήματα, ἐκ τῆc βαcιλείαc δ’ ἐκπεcεῖν ὑπὸ π[αιδίου. τοῦ]τ’ οὖν δεδοικὼc πάντα καταπί[νει τέκνα.

### book 215

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