# Fragmenta 136

Euripides, Fragmenta, Fragment 136. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/euripides/fragmenta/136

σὺ δ’ ὦ θεῶν τύραννε κἀνθρώπων Ἔρως,
ἢ μὴ δίδασκε τὰ καλὰ φαίνεσθαι καλά,
ἢ τοῖς ἐρῶσιν εὐτυχῶς συνεκπόνει
μοχθοῦσι μόχθους ὧν σὺ δημιουργὸς εἶ.
καὶ ταῦτα μὲν δρῶν τίμιος θεοῖς ἔσῃ,
μὴ δρῶν δ’ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ τοῦ διδάσκεσθαι φιλεῖν
ἀφαιρεθήσῃ χάριτας αἷς τιμῶσί σε.

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Euripides, Fragmenta, ed. August Nauck. 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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