# Fragmenta epica 3

Eumelus, Fragmenta epica, Fragment 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eumelus-epic/fragmenta-epica/3

ἀλλ' ὅτε δ' Αἰήτης καὶ Ἀλωεὺς ἐξεγένοντο
Ἠελίου τε καὶ Ἀντιόπης, τότε δ' ἄνδιχα χώρην
δάσσατο παισὶν ἑοῖς Ὑπερίονος ἀγλαὸς υἱός.
ἣν μὲν ἔχ' Ἀσωπός, ταύτην πόρε δίωι Ἀλωεῖ·
ἣν δ' Ἐφύρη κτεάτισσ', Αἰήτηι δῶκεν ἅπασαν.
Αἰήτης δ' ἄρ' ἑκὼν Βούνωι παρέδωκε φυλάσσειν,
εἰσόκεν αὐτὸς ἵκοιτ' ἢ ἐξ αὐτοῖό τις ἄλλος,
ἢ πάις ἢ υἱωνός· ὃ δ' ἵκετο Κολχίδα γαῖαν.

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Eumelus 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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