HeraclesOmphaleANCIENT_Cratinus

The 4th-century comic playwright Cratinus is less known than the Elder Cratinus who rivaled Aristophanes and bearded Euripides occasionally. Two fragments only survive.



Omph.(tit) ΟΜΦΑΛΗ.
(1) Πίνειν μένοντα τὸν καλῶς εὐδαίμονα
κρεῖττον· μάχαι δ’ ἄλλοισι καὶ πόνοι μέλοι.
(2) Ὑμεῖς δ’ ἐὰν ἱππίσκον ἢ τρίμιτον ἔχητε.