# Fragmenta 4

Epicharmus Comic. et Pseudepicharmea, Fragmenta, Fragment 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epicharmus-comic-et-pseudepicharmea/fragmenta-2/4

[172] (16) Εὔμαιε, τὸ σοφόν ἐστιν οὐ καθ’ ἕν μόνον, ἀλλ’ ὅσσα περ ζῆι, πάντα καὶ γνώμαν ἔχει. καὶ γὰρ τὸ θῆλυ τᾶν ἀλεκτορίδων γένος, αἰ λῆις καταμαθεῖν ἀτενές, οὐ τίκτει τέκνα ζῶντ(α), ἀλλ’ ἐπώιζει καὶ ποιεῖ ψυχὰν ἔχειν. τὸ δὲ σοφὸν ἁ φύσις τόδ’ οἶδεν ὡς ἔχει μόνα· πεπαίδευται γὰρ αὐταύτας ὕπο. καὶ πάλιν·

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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.
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