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title: Epigram Against Aristotle
title_greek: Ἀπόσπασμα
author: Theocritus of Chios
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period: Classical
dialect: Attic
domain: Oratory
format: Oration
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# Epigram Against Aristotle

*Ἀπόσπασμα*

**Author:** Theocritus of Chios

**eul_wid:** `elk-ab` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/theocritus-chios-against-aristotle-elk-ab)

## Text

### 738.(t)

epigramma in Aristotelem Ἑρμίου εὐνούχου τε καὶ Εὐβούλου τόδε δούλου σῆμα κενὸν κενόφρων θῆκεν Ἀριστοτέλης, ὃς διὰ τὴν ἀκρατῆ γαστρὸς φύσιν εἵλετο ναίειν ἀντ’ Ἀκαδημείας Βορβόρου ἐν προχοαῖς. *

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