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κβ. καθεύδει ὁ Σάτυρος, καὶ ὑφειμένῃ τῇ φωνῇ περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγωμεν, μὴ ἐξεγείρηται καὶ διαλύσῃ τὰ ὁρώμενα. Μίδας αὐτὸν οἴνῳ τεθήρακεν ἐν Φρυγίᾳ περὶ αὐτά, ὡς ὁρᾷς, τὰ ὄρη, τὴν κρήνην οἰνοχοήσας, ἐν ᾗ κεῖται παραβλύζων τοῦ οἴνου ἐν τῷ ὕπνῳ. Σατύρων δὲ ἡδὺ μὲν τὸ σφοδρόν, ὅτε ὀρχοῦνται, ἡδὺ δὲ τὸ βωμολόχον, ὅτε μειδιῶσι, καὶ ἐρῶσιν οἱ γενναῖοι καὶ ὑποποιοῦνται τὰς Λυδὰς αἰκάλλοντες αὐτὰς τέχνῃ. κἀκεῖνο αὐτῶν ἔτι: σκληροὶ γράφονται καὶ ἄκρατοι τὸ αἷμα καὶ περιττοὶ τὰ ὦτα καὶ κοῖλοι τὸ ἰσχίον, ἀγέρωχοι πάντα καὶ τὸ ἐπὶ τὰ οὐραῖα ἵπποι. τὸ δὲ θήραμα τοῦ Μίδου τοῦτο γέγραπται μὲν ὅσα ἐκεῖνοι, καθεύδει δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ οἴνου τὸ ἆσθμα ἕλκων ὡς ἐκ μέθης, καὶ ἡ μὲν κρήνη [p. 326] πέποται αὐτῷ ῥᾷον ὴ ἑτέρῳ κύλιξ, αἱ δὲ Νύμφαι χορεύουσι τωθάζουσαι τὸν Σάτυρον ἐπὶ τῷ καθεύδειν. ὡς ἁβρὸς ὁ Μίδας, ὡς δὲ ῥᾴθυμος ς3 μίτρας ἐπιμελεῖται καὶ βοστρύχου καὶ θύρσον φέρει καὶ στολὴν ἔγχρυσον. ἰδοὺ καὶ ὦτα μεγάλα, ὑφ᾽ ὧν ἡδεῖς οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ δοκοῦντες ὑπνηλοὶ φαίνονται καὶ μεθέλκουσι τὴν ἡδονὴν ἐς τὸ νωθρὸν αἰνιττομένης σπουδῇ τῆς γραφῆς ἐκμεμηνῦσθαι ταῦτ᾽ ἤδη καὶ διαδεδόσθαι τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἐν καλάμῳ, μὴ κατασχούσης τῆς γῆς ἃ ἤκουσεν.

Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major). Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.

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