[2]
ἀλλὰ τὴν μὲν Ἀθηνᾶν δέδιας, ὡς φής, καὶ
τὴν Γοργόνα, καὶ ταῦτα μὴ φοβηθεὶς τὸν κεραυνὸν τοῦ
Διός. αἱ δὲ Μοῦσαι διὰ τί σοι ἄτρωτοι καὶ ἔξω βελῶν
εἰσιν; ἢ κἀκεῖναι λόφους ἐπισείουσι καὶ Γοργόνας προφαίνουσιν;
Ἔρως
αἰδοῦμαι αὐτάς, ὦ μῆτερ: σεμναὶ γάρ εἰσι καὶ
ἀεί τι φροντίζουσι καὶ περὶ ᾠδὴν ἔχουσι καὶ ἐγὼ παρίσταμαι
πολλάκις αὐταῖς κηλούμενος ὑπὸ τοῦ μέλους.
Ἀφροδίτη
ἔα καὶ ταύτας, ὅτι σεμναί: τὴν δὲ Ἄρτεμιν
τίνος ἕνεκα οὐ τιτρώσκεις;
Ἔρως
τὸ μὲν ὅλον οὐδὲ καταλαβεῖν αὐτὴν οἷόν τε
φεύγουσαν ἀεὶ διὰ τῶν ὀρῶν: εἶτα καὶ ἴδιόν τινα ἔρωτα ἤδη ἐρᾷ.
Ἀφροδίτη
τίνος, ὦ τέκνον;
Ἔρως
θήρας καὶ ἐλάφων καὶ νεβρῶν, αἱρεῖν τε διώκουσα
καὶ κατατοξεύειν, καὶ ὅλως πρὸς τῷ τοιούτῳ ἐστίν:
ἐπεὶ τόν γε ἀδελφὸν αὐτῆς, καίτοι τοξότην καὶ αὐτὸν
ὄντα καὶ ἑκηβόλον —
Ἀφροδίτη
οἶδα, ὦ τέκνον, πολλὰ ἐκεῖνον ἐτόξευσας.
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Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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