# Fragmenta 3

Heraclides Cumanus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg2_HERACLIDES_CUMANUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/heraclides-cumanus/fragmenta/3

Δανάκης, νομίσματός ἐστιν ὄνομα βαρβαρικὸν, πλέον ὀβολοῦ, ὃ τοῖς νεκροῖς ἐν τοῖς στόμασιν ἐτίθεσαν (Sequitur fragm. Callimachi IIO)· εἴρηται δὲ δανάκης, ὁ τοῖς δαναοῖς ἐμβαλλόμενος· δαναοὶ γὰρ οἱ νεκροί· τουτέστιν ξηροί, δανὰ γὰρ τὰ ξηρά. Ἡρακλείδης ἐν τῷ δευτέρῳ τῶν Περσικῶν.

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HERACLIDES CUMANUS, 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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