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ἐπιλανθανόμενον διὰ τὴν τῶν ἀφροδισίων ἐπιθυμίαν, καὶ οὕτως ἐκπλαγέντα ἰδόντα τὴν Ἥραν, ὥστε μηδ᾽ εἰς τὸ δωμάτιον ἐθέλειν ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλ᾽ αὐτοῦ βουλόμενον χαμαὶ συγγίγνεσθαι, λέγοντα ὡς οὕτως ὑπὸ ἐπιθυμίας ἔχεται, ὡς οὐδ᾽ ὅτε τὸ πρῶτον ἐφοίτων πρὸς ἀλλήλους “φίλους λήθοντε τοκῆας”Hom. Il. 14.296: οὐδὲ Ἄρεώς τε καὶ ἀφροδίτης ὑπὸ Ἡφαίστου δεσμὸν δι᾽ ἕτερα τοιαῦτα.οὐ μὰ τὸν Δία, ἦ δ᾽ ὅς, οὔ μοι φαίνεται ἐπιτήδειον.
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