---
title: Fragments on Comedy
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κωμῳδίας
author: Timocles B Comic Poet
eul_wid: hcq-ac
eul_aid: hcq
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/timocles-comedy-fragments-hcq-ac"
period: Classical
dialect: Mixed Dialects (frg)
domain: Comedy
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Comedy

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ Κωμῳδίας*

**Author:** Timocles B Comic Poet

**eul_wid:** `hcq-ac` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/timocles-comedy-fragments-hcq-ac)

## Text

### book 1

[spk_—]Ἑρμῆc δ’ [ὁ] Μ〈α〉ί〈α〉c ταῦτα cυνδιακτο〈ρ〉εῖ, ἂν ἦι π[ρ]όθυμ〈ο〉c. — καταβέβηκεν ἄcμενοc, χαριζόμενοc γὰρ Ἀρ[ι]cτομήδηι τῶι καλῷ, ἵνα μηκέτ’ αὐτὸν ὁ Σάτυ[ρ]οc κλέπτην λέγηι.

### book 2.1

Μ[α]ρcύαν δὲ τὸν φ[ί]λαυλον Αὐτοκλέα δεδαρμέν[ο]ν γυμνὸν ἑcτάναι καμίνωι

### book 2.2

προcπεπατταλευμένον, Τηρέα τ’ Ἀριcτομήδην. — διὰ τί Τηρέα λέγειc; — διότι

### book 2.3

τηρ[ε]ῖν δεῖ παρόντοc τοῦδε τὰ cκεύη cφόδρα,[ln_5]εἰ δὲ μή, Πρόκνη γενήcῃ, κνώμενοc τὸ κρανίον, ἂν ἀπολέcηιc. — ψυχρόν. — ἀλλὰ πρὸc θεῶν ἐπί[c]χετε μηδὲ cυρί〈ξ〉ητε.

### book 3

θεὸc μὲν δηλαδὴ ἀγαθὴ Τύχη τ’ ἔνεcτιν.

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