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ἠράσθη τοῦ
γεννήσαντος, καὶ τῇ τροφῷ τὴν ἀνάγκην τοῦ
ἔρωτος ἐδήλωσεν: ἡ δὲ δόλῳ ὑπῆγε τὸν δεσπότην ἔφη γὰρ γείτονα
παρθένον ἐρᾶν αὐτοῦ καὶ αἰσχύνεσθαι ἐν φανερῷ προσιέναι. ὁ δὲ συνῄει.
ποτὲ δὲ θελήσας τὴν ἐρῶσαν μαθεῖν φῶς ᾔτησεν, ἰδὼν δὲ ξιφήρης τὴν
ἀσελγεστάτην ἐδίωκεν. ἡ δὲ κατὰ πρόνοιαν
Ἀφροδίτης εἰς ὁμώνυμον δένδρον μετεμορφώθη: καθὰ Θεόδωρος 1 ἐν ταῖς
Μεταμορφώσεσιν. Οὐαλερία
Τουσκλαναρία κατὰ μῆνιν Ἀφροδίτης ἐρασθεῖσα Οὐαλερίου τοῦ πατρὸς τῇ
τροφῷ ἀνεκοίνωσεν: ἡ δὲ τὸν δεσπότην δόλῳ
ὑπῆλθεν,
Plutarch. Moralia. Gregorius N. Bernardakis. Leipzig. Teubner. 1889. 2.
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