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Ἐν τοιούτοις ὄντος αὐτοῦ λόγοις τέττιξ φεύγων χελιδόνα θηρᾶσαι θέλουσαν κατέπεσεν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τῆς Χλόης: καὶ ἡ χελιδὼν ἑπομένη τὸν μὲν οὐκ ἠδυνήθη λαβεῖν, ταῖς δὲ πτέρυξιν ἐγγὺς διὰ τὴν δίωξιν γενομένη τῶν παρειῶν αὐτῆς ἥψατο. [2] Ἡ δὲ οὐκ εἰδυῖα τὸ πραχθὲν μέγα βοήσασα τῶν ὕπνων ἐξέθορεν. Ἰδοῦσα δὲ καὶ τὴν χελιδόνα ἔτι πλησίον πετομένην καὶ τὸν Δάφνιν ἐπὶ τῷ δέει γελῶντα τοῦ φόβου μὲν ἐπαύσατο, τοὺς δὲ ὀφθαλμοὺς ἀπέματτεν ἔτι καθεύδειν θέλοντας. [3] Καὶ ὁ τέττιξ ἐκ τῶν κόλπων ἐπήχησεν ὅμοιον ἱκέτῃ χάριν ὁμολογοῦντι τῆς σωτηρίας. Πάλιν οὖν ἡ Χλόη μέγα ἐβόησεν, ὁ δὲ Δάφνις ἐγέλασε: καὶ προφάσεως λαβόμενος καθῆκεν αὐτῆς εἰς τὰ στέρνα τὰς χεῖρας καὶ ἐξάγει τὸν βέλτιστον τέττιγα, μηδὲ ἐν τῇ δεξιᾷ σιωπῶντα. Ἡ δὲ ἥδετο ἰδοῦσα καὶ ἐφίλησε λαβοῦσα καὶ αὖθις ἐνέβαλε τῷ κόλπῳ λαλοῦντα.
Longus. Erotici Scriptores Graeci, Vol 1. Rudolf Hercher. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1858. Keyboarding.
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