Fragments - Lines 0183 - 0192 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHHI| Among rams and asses and horses Kyrnos we look for those | A |
| Of noble breeding and a man wants them to mate | B |
| From worthy stock Yet a noble man does not mind marrying | C |
| A base woman of base birth if she brings him money in abundance | D |
| Nor does a woman shrink from becoming the wife of a base man | E |
| With wealth she prefers a rich husband to a worthy one | F |
| Money is what they honor the noble weds a base man's daughter | G |
| The base a worthy man's wealth mixes stock | H |
| Thus do not be amazed son of Polypaos that the citizen's stock | H |
| Is growing feeble for what is noble is being mixed with what is base | I |
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