[4]
ἤκουσα, ἔφην ἐγώ, τῆς Βοιωτίας
αὐλητρίδος Ἰσμηνοδώρας διηγουμένης τὰ ἐφέστια
παρ᾽ αὐτοῖς, ὡς γένοιτό τις ἐν Θήβαις ἐκ γυναικὸς ἀνήρ,
ὁ δ᾽ αὐτὸς καὶ μάντις ἄριστος, οἶμαι, Τειρεσίας τοὔνομα.
μὴ οὖν καὶ σὺ τοιοῦτόν τι πέπονθας; οὔκουν, ὦ Λέαινα,
ἔφη, ἀλλὰ ἐγεννήθην μὲν ὁμοία ταῖς ἄλλαις ὑμῖν,
[p. 245]
ἡ γνώμη δὲ καὶ ἡ ἐπιθυμία καὶ τἆλλα πάντα ἀνδρός ἐστί [p. 292]
μοι. καὶ ἱκανὴ γοῦν σοι, ἔφην, ἐπιθυμία; πάρεχε γοῦν,
ὦ Λέαινα, εἰ ἀπιστεῖς, ἔφη, καὶ γνώσῃ οὐδὲν ἐνδέουσάν
με τῶν ἀνδρῶν: ἔχω γάρ τι ἀντὶ τοῦ ἀνδρείου. ἀλλὰ
πάρεχε, ὄψει γάρ. παρέσχον, ὦ Κλωνάριον, ἱκετευούσης
πολλὰ καὶ ὅρμον τινά μοι δούσης τῶν πολυτελῶν καὶ
ὀθόνας τῶν λεπτῶν. εἶτ᾽ ἐγὼ μὲν ὥσπερ ἄνδρα περιελάμβανον,
ἡ δὲ ἐφίλει τε καὶ ἐποίει καὶ ἤσθμαινε καὶ ἐδόκει
μοι ἐς ὑπερβολὴν ἥδεσθαι.
Κλωνάριον
τί ἐποίει, ὦ Λέαινα, ἢ τίνα τρόπον; τοῦτο γὰρ μάλιστα εἰπέ.
Λέαινα
μὴ ἀνάκρινε ἀκριβῶς, αἰσχρὰ γάρ: ὥστε
μὰ τὴν οὐρανίαν οὐκ ἄν εἴποιμι.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol III. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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