# Fragmenta 11

Demo, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg1_DEMO. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/demo/fragmenta/11

Οἱ τὴν Σαρδόνα κατοικοῦντες, ἀπὸ Καρχηδονίων ὄντες, χρῶνται νόμῳ τινὶ βαρβαρικῷ καὶ πολὺ τῶν Ἑλλήνων διηλλαγμένῳ. Τῷ γὰρ Κρόνῳ θύουσιν ἡμέραις τισὶ τεταγμέναις οὐ μόνος τῶν αἰχμαλώτων τοὺς καλλίστους, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοὺς ὑπὲρ ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη γεγενημένους. Τούτοις δὴ θυομένοις τὸ μὲν δακρύειν αἰσχρὸν εἶναι δοκεῖ καὶ δοῦλον, τὸ δὲ ἀσπάζεσθαι καὶ γελᾷν ἔσχατον καὶ προϊόντων ἀνδρῶδές τε καὶ καλόν. Ὅθεν φασὶ καὶ τὸν ἐπὶ κακῷ προσποίητον γέλωτα κληθῆναι Σαρδόνιον. Ἡ δὲ ἱστορία παρὰ Δήμωνι.

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DEMO, Fragmenta. 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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