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Ἡρακλῆς

45ἀλλ᾽ οὐχ οἷός τ᾽ εἴμ᾽ ἀποσοβῆσαι τὸν γέλων
ὁρῶν λεοντῆν ἐπὶ κροκωτῷ κειμένην.
τίς ὁ νοῦς; τί κόθορνος καὶ ῥόπαλον ξυνηλθέτην;
ποῖ γῆς ἀπεδήμεις;

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ἐπεβάτευον Κλεισθένει-

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κἀναυμάχησας;

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καὶ κατεδύσαμέν γε ναῦς
50τῶν πολεμίων ἢ δώδεκ᾽ ἢ τρεῖς καὶ δέκα.

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σφώ;

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νὴ τὸν Ἀπόλλω.

Ξανθίας
κᾆτ᾽ ἔγωγ᾽ ἐξηγρόμην.

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καὶ δῆτ᾽ ἐπὶ τῆς νεὼς ἀναγιγνώσκοντί μοι
τὴν Ἀνδρομέδαν πρὸς ἐμαυτὸν ἐξαίφνης πόθος
τὴν καρδίαν ἐπάταξε πῶς οἴει σφόδρα.

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55πόθος; πόσος τις;

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μικρὸς ἡλίκος Μόλων.

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γυναικός;

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οὐ δῆτ᾽.

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ἀλλὰ παιδός;

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οὐδαμῶς.

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ἀλλ᾽ ἀνδρός;

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ἀπαπαί.

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ξυνεγένου τῷ Κλεισθένει;

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μὴ σκῶπτέ μ᾽ ὦδέλφ᾽: οὐ γὰρ ἀλλ᾽ ἔχω κακῶς:
τοιοῦτος ἵμερός με διαλυμαίνεται.

Aristophanes. Aristophanes Comoediae, ed. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart, vol. 2. F.W. Hall and W.M. Geldart. Oxford. Clarendon Press, Oxford. 1907.

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