---
title: Sophocles on Euripides and Love
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα
author: Sophocles
eul_wid: buo-af
eul_aid: buo
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-euripides-love-buo-af"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Sophocles on Euripides and Love

*Ἀποσπάσματα*

**Author:** Sophocles

**eul_wid:** `buo-af` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophocles-euripides-love-buo-af)

## Text

### book 1

Ἀρχέλεως· ἦν γὰρ σύμμετρον ὧδε λέγειν.

### book 4.1

ἥλιος ἦν, οὐ παῖς, Εὐριπίδη, ὅς με

### book 4.2

χλιαίνων [para]γυμνὸν ἐποίησεν· σοὶ δὲ φιλοῦντι ἑταίραν Βορρᾶς ὡμίλησε. σὺ δ’ οὐ σοφός, ὃς τὸν Ἔρωτα, ἀλλοτρίαν

*[crux: ἑταίραν]*

### book 4.3

σπείρων, λωποδύτην ἀπάγεις.

### book 5.1

ὠιδὴν Ἡροδότωι

### book 5.2

τεῦξεν

### book 5.3

Σοφοκλῆς ἐτέων ὢν πέντ’ ἐπὶ πεντήκοντα.

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