# Fragmenta 44

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/pherecydes/fragmenta/44

Φερεκύδης ἐν τῇ πέμπτη (cod. Paris. ἐν ζ') οὕτω φησίν· «Ἐπειδὴ Κάδμος κατῳκίσθη ἐν Θήβῃσιν, Ἄρης διδοῖ αὐτῷ καὶ Ἀθηναίη τοῦ ὄφιος τοὺς ἡμίσεις ὀδόντας, τοὺς δὲ ἡμίσεις Αἰήτῃ· καὶ ὁ Κάδμος αὐτίκα σπείρει αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἄρουραν, Ἄρεος κελεύσαντος, καὶ αὐτῷ ἀναφύονται ἄνδρες (codex Paris. addit πολλοὶ) ὡπλισμένοι. Ὁ δὲ Κάδμος δείσας, βάλλει αὐτοὺς λίθοισιν. Οἱ δὲ δοκέοντες ὑφ ̓ ἑαυτῶν (codex Paris. ὑπ ̓ ἀλλήλων) βάλλεσθαι, κτείνουσί τε ἀλλήλους καὶ θνήσκουσι, πλὴν πέντε ἀνδρῶν, Οὐδαίου, χθονίου, Ἐχίονος, Πέλωρος, Ὑπερήνορος· καὶ αὐτοὺς ὁ Κάδμος ποιεῖται πολίτας, κατοικίσας αὐτοὺς (Phav. Κάδμος πολίτας κατῴκισεν) ἐν Θήβαις.

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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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