# Fragmenta 4

Hippostratus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_HIPPOSTRATUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippostratus/fragmenta/4

Ὁμηρίδας ἔλεγον τὸ μὲν ἀρχαῖον τοὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ Ὁμήρου γένους, οἳ καὶ τὴν ποίησιν αὐτοῦ ἐκ διαδοχῆς ᾖδον· μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα καὶ οἱ ῥαψῳδοὶ οὐκέτι τὸ γένος εἰς Ὅμηρον ἀνάγοντες· ἐπιφανεῖς δὲ ἐγένοντο οἱ περὶ Κύναιθον, οὕς φασι πολλὰ τῶν ἐπῶν ποιήσαντας ἐμβαλεῖν εἰς τὴν Ὁμήρου ποίησιν. Ἦν δὲ ὁ Κύναιθος Χῖος, ὃς καὶ τῶν ἐπιγραφομένων Ὁμήρου ποιημάτων τὸν εἰς Ἀπόλλων γεγραμμένον ὕμνον λέγεται πεποιηκέναι. Οὗτος οὖν ὁ Κύναιθος πρῶτος ἐν Συρακούσαις ἐρραψῴδησε τὰ Ὁμήρου ἔπη κατὰ τὴν ἑξηκοστὴν ἐννάτην Ὀλυμπιάδα, ὡς Ἱππόστρατός φησιν.

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HIPPOSTRATUS, 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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