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‘ταῦτ̓ εἰπὼν ἀνήλατο καθάπερ ἀηδόνος νεοττὸς ἐπὶ τὰς μυρρίνας, καὶ κλάδον ἀμείβων ἐκ κλάδου διὰ τῶν φύλλων ἀνεῖρπεν εἰς ἄκρον. Εἶδον αὐτοῦ καὶ πτέρυγας ἐκ τῶν ὤμων καὶ τοξάρια μεταξὺ τῶν πτερύγων, [2] καὶ οὐκέτι εἶδον οὔτε ταῦτα οὔτε αὐτόν. Εἰ [p. 266] δὲ μὴ μάτην ταύτας τὰς πολιὰς ἔφυσα μηδὲ γηράσας ματαιοτέρας τὰς φρένας ἐκτησάμην, Ἔρωτι, ὦ παῖδες, κατέσπεισθε καὶ Ἔρωτι ὑμῶν μέλει.’
Longus. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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