---
title: Physiognomic Fragment
title_greek: Φυσιογνωμονικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Polemon Laodicea
eul_wid: ozg-aa
eul_aid: ozg
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/polemon-laodicea-physiognomic-ozg-aa"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Philosophy
format: Treatise
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Physiognomic Fragment

*Φυσιογνωμονικὸν Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Polemon Laodicea

**eul_wid:** `ozg-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/polemon-laodicea-physiognomic-ozg-aa)

## Text

### 255.(14)

Ὥσπερ ἐν ὀφθαλμῷ καὶ ὀφρύων καὶ ῥινὸς σχή ματος χαρακτῆρες τινὲς ἐγκάθηνται τοῦ τῆς ψυχῆς ἰδιώματος· ὀφθαλμοὶ γάρ φησιν ὁ Πολέμων “ὑγροὶ λάμποντες ὡς λιβάδες, ἤθη χρηστὰ ἐκφαίνουσιν.”

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