Ἀπόλλων
τί γελᾷς, ὦ Ἑρμῆ;
Ἑρμῆς
ὅτι γελοιότατα, ὦ Ἄπολλον, εἶδον.
Ἀπόλλων
εἰπὲ οὖν, ὡς καὶ αὐτὸς ἀκούσας ἔχω ξυγγελᾶν.
Ἑρμῆς
ἡ Ἀφροδίτη ξυνοῦσα τῷ Ἄρει κατείληπται
καὶ ὁ Ἥφαιστος ἔδησεν αὐτοὺς ξυλλαβών.
Ἀπόλλων
πῶς; ἡδὺ γάρ τι ἐρεῖν ἔοικας.
Ἑρμῆς
ἐκ πολλοῦ, οἶμαι, ταῦτα εἰδὼς ἐθήρευεν αὐτούς,
καὶ περὶ τὴν εὐνὴν ἀφανῆ δεσμὰ περιθεὶς εἰργάζετο
ἀπελθὼν ἐπὶ τὴν κάμινον: εἶτα ὁ μὲν Ἄρης ἐσέρχεται
λαθών, ὡς ᾤετο, καθορᾷ δὲ αὐτὸν ὁ Ἥλιος καὶ λέγει
πρὸς τὸν Ἥφαιστον. ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐπέβησαν τοῦ λέχους καὶ ἐν
ἔργῳ ἦσαν καὶ ἐντὸς ἐγεγένηντο τῶν ἀρκύων, περιπλέκεται
μὲν αὐτοῖς τὰ δεσμά, ἐφίσταται δὲ ὁ Ἥφαιστος.
ἐκείνη μὲν οὖν — καὶ γὰρ ἔτυχε γυμνὴ οὖσα — οὐκ εἶχεν
ὅπως ἐγκαλύψαιτο αἰδουμένη, ὁ δὲ Ἄρης τὰ μὲν
πρῶτα διαφυγεῖν ἐπειρᾶτο καὶ ἤλπιζε ῥήξειν τὰ δεσμά,
ἔπειτα δὲ συνεὶς ἐν ἀφύκτῳ ἐχόμενον ἑαυτὸν ἱκέτευε.
Ἀπόλλων
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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