# Fragmenta 20

Joannes Antiochenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg4_JOANNES_ANTIOCHENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-antiochenus/fragmenta/20

Ἐν δὲ τῇ τῶν Ἑλλήνων χώρᾳ Λάπαθος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἔσχεν υἱοὺς δύο, τὸν Ἀχαιὸν καὶ τὸν Λάκωνα· καὶ τελευτῶν ἐμέρισεν αὐτοῖς τὴν βασιλείαν, καὶ ὁ μὲν ἀχαιὸς τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτοῦ μοῖραν ἐκάλεσεν Ἀχαίαν, ὁ δὲ Λάκων, Λακωνικήν. [Καὶ μετ ̓ αὐτὸν ἐβασίλευσαν Λακώνων ἄλλοι τινὲς] ἄχρι τῆς βασιλείας Θεστίου. Ὁ [δὲ] Θέστιος ἔσχε θυγατέρας γʹ, τὴν Λήδαν, τὴν Κλυτίαν καὶ τὴν Μελανίππην. Ἔσχεν οὖν ἡ Λήδα [ἄνδρα] Τ[υνδαρέα], ἐξ οὗ ἔσχε θυγατέρα Κλυταιμνήστραν τὴν γαμηθεῖσαν Ἀγαμέμνονι. Ἡ τοίνυν Λήδα μοιχευθεῖσα ὑπό τινος ἀνδρὸς ἐπιφανοῦς Κύκνου, ἐκύησεν, ἅμα παῖδας τρεῖς, Κάστορα καὶ Πολυδεύκην καὶ Ἑλένην τὴν Μενελάου γυναῖκα.

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JOANNES ANTIOCHENUS, 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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