# Fragmenta 209

Speusippus, Fragmenta, Fragment 209. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/speusippus-phil/fragmenta/209

209. Σπεύσιππος ἐν δευτέρῳ Ὁμοίων φησὶ σίον ἐν ὕδατι γίνεσθαι, σελίνῳ ἑλείῳ τὸ φύλλον ἐοικός. Διὸ καὶ Πτολεμαῖος ὁ δεύτερος Εὐεργέτης Αἰγύπτου βασιλεύσας παρ’ Ὁμήρῳ ἀξιοῖ γράφειν. Ἄμφὶ δὲ λειμῶνες μαλακοὶ σίου ἠδὲ σελίνου. Σία γὰρ μετὰ σελίνου φύεσθαι, ἀλλὰ μὴ ἴα.

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Speusippus, Fragmenta, ed. Friedrich Wilhelm August Mullach. 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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