---
title: "Fragments on Alcmena's Lament"
title_greek: Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀλκμήνης Θρήνου
author: Xenocles the Elder of Athens
eul_wid: eba-aa
eul_aid: eba
canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/xenocles-elder-athens-alcmena-lament-eba-aa"
period: Classical
dialect: Attic Drama
domain: Drama
format: Verse
license: "https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/"
---

# Fragments on Alcmena's Lament

*Ἀποσπάσματα περὶ τοῦ Ἀλκμήνης Θρήνου*

**Author:** Xenocles the Elder of Athens

**eul_wid:** `eba-aa` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/xenocles-elder-athens-alcmena-lament-eba-aa)

## Text

### book 2.1

[ln_staging]ΑΛΚΜΗΝΗ 〈πυθομένη〉 Λικύμνιον

### book 2.2

τεθνηκέναι ὑπὸ Τληπολέμου·[ln_1]ὦ σκληρὲ δαῖμον, ὦ τύχαι

### book 2.3

χρυσάμπυκες, **[ln_2](ἵππους γ’ ἐλαύνων· ——— ———ὦ Παλλάς, ὥς μ’ ἀπώλεσασ)?

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