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Νότος
ταύτην, ὦ Ζέφυρε, τὴν δάμαλιν, ἣν διὰ τοῦ πελάγους ἐς Αἴγυπτον ὁ Ἑρμῆς ἄγει, ὁ Ζεὺς διεκόρευσεν ἁλοὺς ἔρωτι;

Ζέφυρος
ναί, ὦ Νότε: οὐ δάμαλις δὲ τότε, ἀλλὰ παῖς ἦν τοῦ ποταμοῦ Ἰνάχου: νῦν δὲ ἡ Ἥρα τοιαύτην ἐποίησεν αὐτὴν ζηλοτυπήσασα, ὅτι καὶ πάνυ ἑώρα ἐρῶντα τὸν Δία.

Νότος
νῦν οὖν ἔτι ἐρᾷ τῆς βοός;

Ζέφυρος
καὶ μάλα, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἐς Αἴγυπτον αὐτὴν [306] ἔπεμψε καὶ ἡμῖν προσέταξε μὴ κυμαίνειν τὴν θάλατταν ἔστ᾽ ἂν διανήξηται, ὡς ἀποτεκοῦσα ἐκεῖ — κυεῖ δὲ ἤδη — θεὸς γένοιτο καὶ αὐτὴ καὶ τὸ τεχθέν.

Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.

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