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Ἤδη δὲ ἦρος ἀρχομένου καὶ τῆς μὲν χιόνος λυομένης, τῆς δὲ γῆς γυμνουμένης καὶ τῆς πόας ὑπανθούσης οἵ τε ἄλλοι νομεῖς ἦγον τὰς ἀγέλας εἰς νομὴν καὶ πρὸ τῶν ἄλλων Χλόη καὶ Δάφνις, οἷα μείζονι δουλεύοντες ποιμένι. [2] Εὐθὺς οὖν δρόμος ἦν ἐπὶ τὰς Νύμφας καὶ τὸ ἄντρον, ἐντεῦθεν ἐπὶ τὸν Πᾶνα καὶ τὴν πίτυν, εἶτα ἐπὶ τὴν δρῦν, ὑφ̓ ἣν καθίζοντες καὶ τὰς ἀγέλας ἔνεμον καὶ ἀλλήλους κατεφίλουν. Ἀνεζήτησαν δὲ καὶ ἄνθη στεφανῶσαι θέλοντες τοὺς θεούς: τὰ δὲ ἄρτι ζέφυρος τρέφων καὶ ἥλιος θερμαίνων ἐξῆγεν: ὅμως δὲ εὑρέθη καὶ ἴα καὶ νάρκισσος καὶ ἀναγαλλὶς καὶ ὅσα ἦρος πρωτοφορήματα. [3] μὲν οὖν Χλόη καὶ Δάφνις ἀπὸ αἰγῶν καὶ ἀπὸ οἰῶν τινων γάλα νέον καὶ τοῦτο στεφανοῦντες τὰ ἀγάλματα κατέσπεισαν. [4] Ἀπήρξαντο καὶ σύριγγος, καθάπερ τὰς ἀηδόνας ἐς τὴν μουσικὴν ἐρεθίζοντες: αἱ δ̓ ὑπεφθέγγοντο ἐν ταῖς λόχμαις καὶ τὸν Ἴτυν κατ̓ ὀλίγον ἠκρίβουν, ὥσπερ ἀναμιμνησκόμεναι τῆς ᾠδῆς ἐκ μακρᾶς σιωπῆς.

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