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ἐπὶ χλόης εὐθαλοῦς ἡ Κένταυρος αὕτη πεποίηται
ὅλῃ μὲν τῇ ἵππῳ χαμαὶ κειμένη, καὶ ἀποτέτανται εἰς τοὐπίσω
οἱ πόδες, τὸ δὲ γυναικεῖον ὅσον αὐτῆς ἠρέμα ἐπεγήγερται
καὶ ἐπ᾽ ἀγκῶνός ἐστιν, οἱ δὲ πόδες οἱ ἔμπροσθεν
οὐκέτι καὶ οὗτοι ἀποτάδην, οἷον ἐπὶ πλευρὰν κειμένης,
ἀλλ᾽ ὁ μὲν ὀκλάζοντι ἔοικεν ὢν καμπύλος ὑπεσταλμένῃ
τῇ ὁπῇ, ὁ δὲ ἔμπαλιν ἐπανίσταται καὶ τοῦ ἐδάφους ἀντιλαμβάνεται,
οἷοί εἰσιν ἵπποι πειρώμενοι ἀναπηδᾶν.
τοῖν νεογνοῖν δὲ τὸ μὲν ἄνω ἔχει αὐτὴ ἐν ταῖς ἀγκάλαις
καὶ τρέφει ἀνθρωπικῶς ἐπέχουσα τὸν γυναικεῖον μαστόν,
τὸ δ᾽ ἕτερον ἐκ τῆς ἵππου θηλάζει ἐς τὸν πωλικὸν τρόπον:
ἄνω δὲ τῆς εἰκόνος οἷον ἀπό τινος σκοπῆς Ἱπποκένταυρός
τις, ἀνὴρ ἐκείνης δηλαδὴ τῆς τὰ βρέφη ἀμφοτέρωθεν
τιθηνουμένης, ἐπικύπτει γελῶν οὐχ ὅλος φαινόμενος,
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ἀλλ᾽ ἐς μέσον τὸν ἵππον, λέοντος σκύμνον ἀνέχων
τῇ δεξιᾷ καὶ ὑπὲρ ἑαυτὸν αἰωρῶν, ὡς δεδίξαιτο σὺν
παιδιᾷ τὰ βρέφη.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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