# Fragmenta epica 13

Asius, Fragmenta epica, Fragment 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/asius-eleg-et-epic/fragmenta-epica/13

οἳ δ' αὔτως φοίτεσκον ὅπως πλοκάμους κτενίσαιντο
εἰς Ἥρης τέμενος, πεπυκασμένοι εἵμασι καλοῖς,
χιονέοισι χιτῶσι πέδον χθονὸς εὐρέος εἶχον·
χαῖται δ' ἠιωρεῦντ' ἀνέμωι χρυς͜έοις ἐνὶ δεσμοῖς,
χρύσειαι δὲ κορύμβαι ἐπ' αὐτῶν τέττιγες ὥς·
δαιδαλέας δὲ χλιδῶνας ἄρ' ἀμφὶ βραχίοσ' ἕσαντες
<–⏔–⏔–>τες ὑπασπίδιον πολεμιστήν.

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Asius Eleg. et Epic., Fragmenta epica. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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