---
title: Fragments on Purification Rituals
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Καθαρσίων
author: Sophron of Syracuse
eul_wid: dru-ab
eul_aid: dru
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/sophron-syracuse-purification-rituals-dru-ab"
period: Classical
dialect: Doric (frg)
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Purification Rituals

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Καθαρσίων*

**Author:** Sophron of Syracuse

**eul_wid:** `dru-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/sophron-syracuse-purification-rituals-dru-ab)

## Text

### book 1

ἦρ’ ἔcθ’ ὕδωρ;

### book 2.1

‚αἴτε κα ἀπ’ ἀγχόναc ἀΐξαcα αἴτε κα λεχοῦν διακναίcαcα αἴτε κ’ ἂν νεκρὸc (= ἀνὰ νεκροὺc) μολοῦcα

### book 2.2

πεφυρμένα ἐcέλθῃc αἴτε κα ἐκ

### book 2.3

τριόδων καθαρμάτεccιν ἐπιcπωμένα τῷ πα‐[ln_5]λαμναίῳ cυμπλεχθῇc—‛.

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