# Fragmenta 59

Polemo Iliensis, Fragmenta, Dfhg-Source dfhg3_POLEMO_ILIENSIS. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/polemo-iliensis/fragmenta/59

Πολἐμων δ ̓ ἐν πέμπτῳ τῶν Πρὸς Ἀντίγονον καὶ Ἀδαῖον πορφυρίωνά φησι τὸν ὄρνιν, διαιτώμενον κατὰ τὰς οἰκίας τὰς ὑπάνδρους τῶν γυναικῶν τηρεῖν πικρῶς. Καὶ τοιαύτην ἔχειν αἴσθησιν ἐπὶ τῆς μοιχευομένης, ὥσθ ̓, ὅταν τοῦθ ̓ ὑπονοήσῃ, προσημαίνει τῷ δεσπότῃ, ἀγχόνῃ τὸ ζῆν περιγράψας. «Οὐ πρότερόν τε,» φησὶ, «τροφῆς μεταλαμβάνει, εἰ μὴ περιπατήσῃ τόπον τινὰ ἐξευρὼν ἑαυτῷ ἐπιτήδειον· μεθ ̓ ὃ κονισάμενος λούεται, εἶτα τρέφεται.

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POLEMO ILIENSIS, 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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