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φασι δἰ ὑπερβολὴν ἁβρότητος καὶ τρυφῆς ἐρῶντα
ἀεὶ καὶ ἐρώμενον τέλος ἄδικον ἔρωτα τῆς ἑαυτοῦ
μητρυιᾶς ἐρασθῆναι: κρύπτειν δ̓ ἐθέλοντα τὸ
πάθος οὐ δύνασθαι, τὸ σῶμα δ̓ αὐτῷ κατὰ
μικρὸν τηκόμενον ἀφανῶς οἴχεσθαι, καὶ ὑπορρεῖν
τὰς δυνάμεις, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἔλαττον εἶναι τοῦ
συνήθους. ἐῴκει δ̓ οἶμαι τὰ κατ̓ αὐτὸν αἰνίγματι,
σαφῆ μὲν οὐκ ἐχούσης αἰτίαν τῆς νόσου,
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