# Fragmenta IX.

Bion of Phlossa, Fragmenta, IX.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/bion-of-phlossa/fragmenta/IX.

Ἕσπερε, τᾶς ἐρατᾶς χρύσεον φάος Ἀφρογενείας,
Ἕσπερε κυανέας ἱερὸν φίλε νυκτὸς ἄγαλμα,
τόσσον ἀφαυρότερος μήνας, ὅσον ἔξοχος ἄστρων,
χαῖρε φίλος, καί μοι ποτὶ ποιμένα κῶμον ἄγοντι
ἀντὶ σελαναίας τὺ δίδου φάος, ὥνεκα τήνα
σάμερον ἀρχομένα τάχιον δύεν. οὐκ ἐπὶ φωρὰν
ἔρχομαι, οὐδ’ ἵνα νυκτὸς ὁδοιπορέοντας ἐνοχλέω·
ἀλλ’ ἐράω· καλὸν δέ τ’ ἐρασσαμένω συναρέσθαι.

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Bion of Phlossa, Fragmenta, ed. J. M. Edmonds. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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