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Οὐδὲν τῶν μελλόντων ὑποπτεύσας ὁ Δάφνις εὐθὺς ἀνίσταται καὶ ἀράμενος τὴν καλαύροπα κατόπιν ἠκολούθει τῇ Λυκαινίῳ: ἡ δὲ ἡγεῖτο ὡς μακροτάτω τῆς Χλόης. Καὶ ἐπειδὴ κατὰ τὸ πυκνότατον ἐγένοντο, πηγῆς πλησίον καθίσαι κελεύσασα αὐτὸν ‘ἐρᾷς’ εἶπε ‘Δάφνι, Χλόης: τοῦτο ἔμαθον ἐγὼ νύκτωρ παρὰ τῶν Νυμφῶν. [2] Δἰ ὀνείρατος ἐμοὶ τὰ χθιζά σου διηγήσαντο δάκρυα καὶ ἐκέλευσάν σε σῶσαι διδαξαμένην τὰ ἔρωτος ἔργα. Τὰ δ̓ ἐστὶν οὐ φιλήματα καὶ περιβολαὶ καὶ οἷα δρῶσι κριοὶ καὶ τράγοι: ἄλλα ταῦτα πηδήματα καὶ τῶν ἐκεῖ γλυκύτερα: πρόσεστι γὰρ αὐτοῖς χρόνος μακροτέρας ἡδονῆς. [3] Εἰ δή σοι φίλον ἀπηλλάχθαι κακῶν καὶ ἐν πείρᾳ γενέσθαι τῶν ζητουμένων τερπνῶν, ἴθι, παραδίδου μοι τερπνὸν σαυτὸν μαθητήν: ἐγὼ δὲ χαριζομένη ταῖς Νύμφαις ἐκεῖνα διδάξω.’
Longus. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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