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[10] Ὁ δὲ ἰδὼν ‘τοῦτο ἄλλο’ φησὶν ‘ἦν. Κλέπτουσί τινες τὰ κάλλιστα τῶν λαφύρων, ἀλλ̓ οὐ χαίροντες αὐτὸ πράξουσι.’ Ὡς οὖν εἶπεν ὁ Αἰγύπτιος ‘οὐδεμιᾷ γέγονε κακόν, δέσποτα: τὴν γὰρ γυναῖκα, ἣν εὗρον ἐν πλαταίαις τεταγμένην, οὐ βούλεται ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλ̓ ἔρριπται χαμαί, ξίφος αἰτοῦσα καὶ ἀποθανεῖν βουλομένη,’ γελάσας ὁ Χαιρέας εἶπεν ‘ὦ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἀφυέστατε, οὐκ οἶδας πῶς μεθοδεύεται γυνὴ παρακλήσεσιν, ἐπαίνοις, ἐπαγγελίαις, μάλιστα δέ, ἂν ἐρᾶσθαι δοκῇ; Σὺ δὲ βίαν ἴσως προσῆγες καὶ ὕβριν.’ ‘Οὒ’ φησί, ‘δέσποτα: ’
Chariton. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 2. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1859. Keyboarding.
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