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λυπέοιτο. τὸ δὲ ἔθος τοῦτο ἐπειδὴ ἅπαξ ἐγένετο, ἔτι νῦν μένει: καὶ πολλοὶ ἑκάστου ἔτεος ἐν τῷ ἱρῷ τάμνονται καὶ θηλύνονται, εἴτε Κομβάβον παραμυθεόμενοι εἴτε καὶ Ἥρῃ χαρίζονται: τάμνονται δ᾽ ὦν. ἐσθῆτα δὲ οἵδε οὐκέτι ἀνδρηίην ἔχουσιν, ἀλλὰ εἵματά τε γυναικήια φορέουσιν καὶ ἔργα γυναικῶν ἐπιτελέουσιν. ὡς δὲ ἐγὼ ἤκουον, ἀνακέαται καὶ τουτέων ἐς Κομβάβον ἡ αἰτίη: συνενείχθη γάρ οἱ καὶ τάδε. ξείνη γυνὴ
ἐς πανήγυριν ἀπικομένη, ἰδοῦσα καλόν τε ἐόντα καὶ ἐσθῆτα ἔτι ἀνδρηίην ἔχοντα, ἔρωτι μεγάλῳ ἔσχετο, μετὰ δὲ μαθοῦσα ἀτελέα ἐόντα ἑωυτὴν
[p. 378] διειργάσατο. ἐπὶ τοῖσι Κομβάβος, ἀθυμέων ὅτι
οἱ ἀτυχέως τὰ ἐς Ἀφροδίτην ἔχει, ἐσθῆτα
'γυναικηίην ἐνεδύσατο, ὅκως μηκέτι ἑτέρη γυνὴ ἴσα ἐξαπατέοιτο. ἥδε αἰτίη Γάλλοισι στολῆς θηλέης. Κομβάβου μέν μοι τοσάδε εἰρήσθω, Γάλλων
δὲ αὖτις ἐγὼ λόγῳ ὑστέρῳ μεμνήσομαι, τομῆς
τε αὐτέων, ὅκως τάμνονται, καὶ ταφῆς ὁκοίην θάπτονται, καὶ ὅτευ εἵνεκα ἐς τὸ ἱρὸν οὐκ ἐσέρχονται: πρότερον δέ μοι . θυμὸς εἰπεῖν θέσιὸς
τε πέρι τοῦ νηοῦ καὶ μεγάθεος, καὶ δῆτα ἐρέω.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1925. 4.
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