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Καὶ ὁ Σάτυρος συνεὶς τοῦ λόγου μου τὴν ὑπόθεσιν, ἵνα μοι μᾶλλον εἴη περὶ τούτου λέγειν, （ἦ γὰρ ὁ ἔρως） ἔφη ‘τοσαύτην ἔχει τὴν ἰσχύν, ὡς καὶ μέχρις ὀρνίθων πέμπειν τὸ πῦρ;’ ‘οὐ μέχρις ὀρνίθων’ ἔφην, “τοῦτο γὰρ οὐ θαυμαστόν, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτὸς ἔχει πτερόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑρπετῶν καὶ φυτῶν, ἐγὼ δὲ δοκῶ μοι, καὶ λίθων. [2] Ἐρᾷ γοῦν ἡ Μαγνησία [p. 56] λίθος τοῦ σιδήρου: κἂν μόνον ἴδῃ, πρὸς αὑτὴν εἵλκυσεν, ὥσπερ ἐρωτικόν τι ἔνδον ἔχουσα. Καὶ μή τι τοῦτό ἐστιν ἐρώσης λίθου καὶ ἐρωμένου σιδήρου φίλημα; [3] περὶ δὲ τῶν φυτῶν λέγουσι παῖδες σοφῶν: καὶ μῦθον ἔλεγον ἂν τὸν λόγον εἶναι, εἰ μὴ καὶ παῖδες ἔλεγον γεωργῶν. Ὁ δὲ λόγος: ἄλλο μὲν ἄλλου φυτὸν ἐρᾷν, τῷ δὲ φοίνικι τὸν ἔρωτα μᾶλλον ἐνοχλεῖν: λέγουσι δὲ τὸν μὲν ἄρρενα τῶν φοινίκων, τὸν δὲ θῆλυν. [4] Ὁ ἄρρην οὖν τοῦ θήλεος ἐρᾷ: κἂν ὁ θῆλυς ἀπῳκισμένος ᾖ τῇ τῆς φυτείας στάσει, ὁ ἐραστὴς αὐαίνεται. Συνίησιν οὖν ὁ γεωργὸς τὴν λύπην τοῦ φυτοῦ, καὶ εἰς τὴν τοῦ χωρίου περιωπὴν ἀνελθὼν ἐφορᾷ ποῖ νένευκε: κλίνεται γὰρ εἰς τὸ ἐρώμενον: [5] καὶ μαθὼν θεραπεύει τοῦ φυτοῦ τὴν νόσον: πτόρθον γὰρ τοῦ θήλεος φοίνικος λαβὼν εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἄρρενος καρδίαν ἐντίθησι. Καὶ ἀνέψυξε μὲν τὴν ψυχὴν τοῦ φυτοῦ, τὸ δὲ σῶμα ἀποθνῆσκον πάλιν ἀνεζωπύρησε καὶ ἐξανέστη, χαῖρον ἐπὶ τῇ τῆς ἐρωμένης συμπλοκῇ. Καὶ τοῦτό ἐστὶ γάμος φυτῶν.”
Achilles Tatius. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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