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“ [3] Γίνεται δὲ καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἑρπετοῖς ἄλλο ἔρωτος μυστήριον, οὐ τοῖς ὁμογενέσι μόνον πρὸς ἄλληλα, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἀλλοφύλοις. Ὁ ἔχις ὁ τῆς γῆς ὄφις εἰς τὴν σμύραιναν οἰστρεῖ: ἡ δὲ σμύραινά ἐστιν ἄλλος ὄφις θαλάσσιος, εἰς μὲν τὴν μορφὴν ὄφις, εἰς δὲ τὴν χρῆσιν ἰχθύς. ”
Achilles Tatius. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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