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οὐδὲν ἐκείνου λέγουσιν
οἰκτρότερον γενέσθαι οἱ παραγενόμενοι θέαμα.
πεφυρμένος γὰρ αἵματι καὶ δυσθανατῶν εἵλκετο,
τὰς χεῖρας ὀρέγων εἰς ἐκείνην καὶ παραιωρούμενος.
οὐ γὰρ ἦν γυναιξὶ ῥᾴδιον τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλὰ
μόλις ἡ Κλεοπάτρα ταῖν χεροῖν ἐμπεφυκυῖα καὶ
κατατεινομένη τῷ προσώπῳ τὸν δεσμὸν ἀνελάμβανεν,
ἐπικελευομένων τῶν κάτωθεν αὐτῇ καὶ
συναγωνιώντων.
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