# Fragmenta 1

Epicharmus Comic. et Pseudepicharmea, Fragmenta, Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicharmus-comic-et-pseudepicharmea/fragmenta-2/1

[170a K.] — ἀλλ’ ἀεί τοι θεοὶ παρῆσαν, χὐπέλιπον οὐ πώποκα, τάδε δ’ ἀεὶ πάρεσθ’ ὁμοῖα διά τε τῶν αὐτῶν ἀεί. — ἀλλὰ λέγεται μὰν χάος πρᾶτον γενέσθαι τῶν θεῶν. — πῶς δέ κα; μὴ ἔχον γ’ ἀπὸ τίνος μηδ’ ἐς ὃ τι πρᾶτον μόλοι. — οὐκ ἄρ’ ἔμολε πρᾶτον οὐθέν; — οὐδὲ μὰ Δία δεύτερον τῶνδέ τ’ ὧν ἁμὲς νῦν ὧδε λέγομες, ἀλλ’ ἀεὶ τάδ’ ἦς. καί·

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Epicharmus, Fragmenta, ed. Hermann Diels. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0521.tlg008.local001/.