Daphnis and Chloe, Erotici Scriptores Graeci. Vol. 1. Longus, author. Hercher, Rudolph, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1858.
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Ταῦτα τὰ παιδία ταχὺ μάλα ηὔξησε, καὶ κάλλος αὐτοῖς ἐνεφαίνετο κρεῖττον ἀγροικίας. Ἤδη τε ἦν ὁ μὲν πέντε καὶ δέκα ἐτῶν ἀπὸ γενεᾶς, ἡ δὲ τοσούτων, δυοῖν ἀποδεόντων, καὶ ὁ Δρύας καὶ ὁ Λάμων ἐπὶ μιᾶς νυκτὸς ὁρῶσιν ὄναρ τοιόνδε τι.
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Τὰς Νύμφας ἐδόκουν ἐκείνας, τὰς ἐν τῷ ἄντρῳ, ἐν ᾧ ἡ πηγή, ἐν ᾧ τὸ παιδίον εὗρεν ὁ Δρύας, τὸν Δάφνιν καὶ τὴν Χλόην παραδιδόναι παιδίῳ μάλα σοβαρῷ καὶ καλῷ, πτερὰ ἐκ τῶν ὤμων ἔχοντι, βέλη σμικρὰ ἅμα τοξαρίῳ
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