# Fragmenta 36

Pherecydes, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg1_PHERECYDES. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pherecydes/fragmenta/36

Κτέατος καὶ Εὔρυτος παῖδες μὲν ἦσαν Ποσειδῶνος καὶ Μολιόνης τοῦ (l. τῆς) Μόλου, ἐπίκλησιν δὲ Ἄκτορος. Οὗτοι παρηλλαγμένην φύσιν τῶν λοιπῶν ἔσχον ἀνθρώπων. Διφυεῖς γὰρ ἦσαν, ἔχοντες ἑκάτερος δύο κεφαλὰς, τέσσαρας δὲ χεῖρας, πόδας τοὺς ἴσους, ἓν δὲ σῶμα. Διὰ τοῦτο τοὺς πολεμικοὺς καὶ γυμνικοὺς ἐνίκων ἀγῶνας. Ἡρακλῆς δὲ πολεμῶν, καὶ μὴ δυνάμενος κατὰ τοὐμφανὲς αὐτῶν περιγενέσθαι, συμμαχόντων Αὐγέᾳ, λοχήσας ἀνεῖλεν αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὕτως ἐπόρθησε τὴν Ἦλιν. Ἡ ἱστορία παρὰ Φερεκύδῃ.

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PHERECYDES, 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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