# Fragmenta 50

Nicolaus Damascenus, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg3_NICOLAUS_DAMASCENUS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/nicolaus-damascenus/fragmenta/50

Ὅτι ἐν Ἀθήναις Δημοφῶν ἐβασίλευσεν, ἐφ ̓ οὗ Ὀρέστης μητροκτονήσας εἰς Ἀθήνας ἧκε (1), μετὰ δὲ τοῦτον Ὀξύντης, μετὰ δὲ ἐκεῖνον Θυμοίτης, ὃς, τοῦ πατρὸς τελευτήσαντος, εἰδὼς τὴν βασιλείαν τῷ γνησίῳ ἀδελφῷ προσήκουσαν, δολοφονήσας αὐτὸν κατέσχε τὴν ἀρχήν (2).

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NICOLAUS DAMASCENUS, 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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