---
title: Fragments on Rhetoric and Cities
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ῥητορικῆς καὶ Πόλεων
author: Philiscus of Athens
eul_wid: gcw-ab
eul_aid: gcw
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/philiscus-athens-rhetoric-cities-gcw-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Comedy
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Rhetoric and Cities

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Ῥητορικῆς καὶ Πόλεων*

**Author:** Philiscus of Athens

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## Text

### book 1.1

Εἰς τὸ μεταπεῖσαι ῥᾳδίως ἃ βούλεται

### book 1.2

πιθανοὺς ἔχειν εἴωθεν ἡ κλίνη λόγους.

### book 1.1

Οὐκ ἔστιν ὦ μάταιε σὺν ῥᾳθυμίᾳ τὰ τῶν

### book 1.2

πονούντων μὴ πονήσαντας λαβεῖν.

### book 2

Ὁ Πειραιεὺς κάρυον μέγ’ ἐστὶ καὶ κενόν.

### book 3.1

Χρηστῶν

### book 3.2

σφόδρ’ ἔσθ’ ἡ Χαλκὶς Ἑλλήνων πόλις.

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