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Heraclitus

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B42

Carrier fragment 42 of 145

Canonical reference 22B42

Ancient Greek

Hermann Diels, editor · ogl-diels-1922

- - τόν τε Ὅμηρον ἔφασκεν ἄξιον ἐκ τῶν ἀγώνων ἐκβάλλεσθαι καὶ ῥαπίζεσθαι καὶ Ἀρχίλοχον ὁμοίως.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-14

He said that Homer deserved to be expelled from the contests and beaten with a staff, and Archilochus likewise.

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Codex gpt-5.6-sol · Non-official working translation · 2026-09-14

Il disait qu’Homère méritait d’être chassé des concours et battu de verges, et Archiloque pareillement.

Heraclitus: Diels B fragments Carrier fragment 22B42

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