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‘ [2] τῷ δὲ ὄντι δούλην ἐμήν:’ καὶ ἀνεγίνωσκε ‘προκαλεῖται Θέρσανδρος Μελίτην καὶ Λευκίππην, τοῦτο γὰρ ἤκουσα τὴν πόρνην καλεῖσθαι: Μελίτην μέν, εἰ μὴ κεκοινώνηκεν εἰς Ἀφροδίτην τῷδε τῷ ξένῳ παῤ ὃν ἀπεδήμουν χρόνον, εἰς τὸ τῆς ἱερᾶς Στυγὸς ὕδωρ εἰσβᾶσαν καὶ ἐπομοσαμένην ἀπηλλάχθαι τῶν ἐγκλημάτων: τὴν δὲ ἑτέραν, εἰ μὲν τυγχάνει γυνή, δουλεύειν τῷ δεσπότῃ: δούλαις γὰρ μόναις γυναιξὶν ἔξεστιν εἰς τὸν τῆς Ἀρτέμιδος νεὼν παριέναι: εἰ δέ φησιν εἶναι παρθένος, ἐν τῷ τῆς σύριγγος ἄντρῳ ’
Achilles Tatius. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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