Daphnis and Chloe, Erotici Scriptores Graeci. Vol. 1. Longus, author. Hercher, Rudolph, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1858.
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Τῆς δὲ μεσημβρίας ἐπελθούσης ἐγίνετο ἤδη τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν ἅλωσις αὐτοῖς· ἡ μὲν γὰρ γυμνὸν ὁρῶσα τὸν Δάφνιν ἐς ἄθρουν ἐνέπιπτε τὸ κάλλος, καὶ ἐτήκετο μηδὲν αὐτοῦ μέρος μέμψασθαι δυναμένη· ὁ δὲ ἰδὼν ἐν νεβρίδι καὶ στεφάνῳ πίτυος ὀρέγουσαν τὸν γαυλὸν μίαν ᾤετο τῶν ἐκ τοῦ ἄντρου Νυμφῶν ὁρᾶν.
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Ὁ μὲν οὖν τὴν πίτυν ἀπὸ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἁρπάζων αὐτὸς ἐστεφανοῦτο, πρότερον φιλήσας τὸν στέφανον· ἡ δὲ τὴν ἐσθῆτα αὐτοῦ λουομένου καὶ γυμνωθέντος ἐνεδύετο, πρότερον καὶ αὐτὴ φιλήσασα.
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Ἤδη ποτὲ καὶ μήλοις ἀλλήλους ἔβαλον καὶ τὰς κεφαλὰς ἀλλήλων ἐκόσμησαν διακρίνοντες τὰς κόμας· καὶ ἡ μὲν εἴκασεν αὐτοῦ τὴν κόμην, ὅτι μέλαινα, μύρτοις, ὁ δὲ μήλῳ τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῆς, ὅτι λευκὸν καὶ ἐνερευθὲς ἦν.
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Ἐδίδασκεν αὐτὴν καὶ συρίττειν· καὶ ἀρξαμένης ἐμπνεῖν ἁρπάζων τὴν σύριγγα τοῖς χείλεσιν αὐτὸς τοὺς καλάμους ἐπέτρεχε· καὶ ἐδόκει μὲν διδάσκειν ἁμαρτάνουσαν, εὐπρεπῶς δὲ διὰ τῆς σύριγγος Χλόην κατεφίλει.
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