# Fragmenta 7-9

Sosicrates; Sosicrates Rhodius, Fragmenta, 7 to 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sosicrates-sosicrates-rhodius/fragmenta/7

Λακεδαιμόνιοι δὲ πρὸ τῶν παρατάξεων Ἔρωτι προθύονται, ὡς ἐν τῇ τῶν παραταττομένων φιλίᾳ κειμένης τῆς σωτηρίας τε καὶ νίκης. Καὶ Κρῆτες δ ̓ ἐν ταῖς παρατάξεσι τοὺς καλλίστους τῶν πολιτῶν κοσμήσαντες, διὰ τούτων θύουσι τῷ Ἔρωτι, ὡς Σωσικράτης ἱστορεῖ. Πάσαις ταῖς ἀφ ̓ Ἡλίου γενομέναις ἐμήνισεν Ἀφροδίτη διὰ τὴν μηνυθεῖσαν αὐτῆς ὑφ ̓ Ἡλίου μοιχείαν. Τὴν οὖν Πασιφάην οὐ μόνον τοῦ ταύρου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ Μίνωος ἐρασθῆναί φασιν, ὡς ἱστορεῖ Σωσικράτης, Codd. Σωκράτης; em. Barnesius. Nefrendes: Diophantus Lacedoemonius, qui De sacris deorum scripsit, ait, apud Athenas Marti solere sacrificari sacrum, quod Ἑκατομφόνια appellatur; si quis enim centum hostes interfecisset, Marti de homine sacrificabat apud insulam Lemnum; quod sacrificatum est a duobus, Aristomene Gortynensi et Theocle Eloeo, sicut Sosicrates scribit.

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SOSICRATES; SOSICRATES RHODIUS, 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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