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[4] Ἔστι μὲν γὰρ φύσει δάκρυον ἐπαγωγότατον ἐλέου τοῖς ὁρῶσι, τὸ δὲ τῶν γυναικῶν μᾶλλον: ὅσῳ γὰρ θαλερώτερον, τοσούτῳ καὶ γοητότερον. Ἐὰν δὲ ἡ δακρύουσα ᾖ καὶ καλὴ καὶ ὁ θεατὴς ἐραστής, οὐδ̓ ὀφθαλμὸς ἀτρεμεῖ, ἀλλὰ τὸ δακρύον ἐμιμήσατο.
Achilles Tatius. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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