Ἑρμῆς
ἐγὼ δὲ ἤδη ποτὲ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην — ἀλλὰ οὐ χρὴ αὐχεῖν.
Ἀπόλλων
οἶδα, καὶ τὸν Ἑρμαφρόδιτον ἐκ σοῦ λέγεται
τεκεῖν. πλὴν ἐκεῖνό μοι εἰπέ, εἴ τι οἶσθα, πῶς οὐ ζηλοτυπεῖ
ἡ Ἀφροδίτη τὴν Χάριν ἢ ἡ Χάρις ταύτην;
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ἐγὼ μὲν καὶ ἄλλως ἀναφρόδιτός εἰμι ἐς τὰ
[p. 94]
ἐρωτικά: δύο γοῦν, οὓς μάλιστα ἠγάπησα, τὴν Δάφνην
καὶ τὸν Ὑάκινθον, ἡ μὲν Δάφνη οὕτως ἐμίσησέ με, ὥστε
εἵλετο ξύλον γενέσθαι μᾶλλον ἢ ἐμοὶ ξυνεῖναι, τὸν Ὑάκινθον
δὲ ὑπὸ τοῦ δίσκου ἀπώλεσα, καὶ νῦν ἀντ᾽ ἐκείνων στεφάνους ἔχω.
Luciani Samosatensis Opera, Vol I. Lucian. Karl Jacobitz. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Leipzig. 1896. Keyboarding.
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