Daphnis and Chloe, Erotici Scriptores Graeci. Vol. 1. Longus, author. Hercher, Rudolph, editor. Leipzig: Teubner, 1858.
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Μυρτάλη μὲν οὔποτε ἐλπίσασα Δρύαντα τούτοις συνθήσεσθαι μνηστῆρας ἔχοντα πλουσιωτέρους εὐπρεπῶς ᾤετο παρῃτῆσθαι τὸν γάμον· Δάφνις δὲ οὐκ εἶχε μέμφεσθαι τὰ λελεγμένα. Λειπόμενος δὲ πολὺ τῶν αἰτουμένων τὸ σύνηθες ἐρασταῖς πενομένοις ἔπραττεν· ἐδάκρυε καὶ τὰς Νύμφας αὖθις ἐκάλει βοηθούς.
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Αἱ δὲ αὐτῷ καθεύδοντι νύκτωρ ἐν τοῖς αὐτοῖς ἐφίστανται σχήμασιν, ἐν οἷς καὶ πρότερον· ἔλεγε δὲ ἡ πρεσβυτάτη πάλιν “γάμου μὲν μέλει τῆς Χλόης ἄλλῳ θεῷ, δῶρα δέ σοι δώσομεν ἡμεῖς, ἃ θέλξει Δρύαντα.
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Ἡ ναῦς ἡ τῶν Μηθυμναίων νεανίσκων, ἧς τὴν λύγον αἱ σαί ποτε αἶγες κατέφαγον, ἡμέρᾳ μὲν ἐκείνῃ μακρὰν τῆς γῆς ὑπηνέχθη πνεύματι· νυκτὸς δὲ πελαγίου ταράξαντος ἀνέμου τὴν θάλατταν εἰς τὴν γῆν εἰς τὰς τῆς ἄκρας πέτρας ἐξεβράσθη.
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Αὐτὴ μὲν οὖν διεφθάρη καὶ πολλὰ τῶν ἐν αὐτῇ· βαλάντιον δὲ τρισχιλίων
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δραχμῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ κύματος ἀπεπτύσθη καὶ κεῖται φυκίοις κεκαλυμμένον πλησίον δελφῖνος νεκροῦ, δἰ ὃν οὐδεὶς προσῆλθεν ὁδοιπόρος, τὸ δυσῶδες τῆς σηπεδόνος παρατρέχων.
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Ἀλλὰ σὺ πρόσελθε καὶ προσελθὼν ἀνελοῦ καὶ ἀνελόμενος δός. Ἱκανόν σοι νῦν μὲν δόξαι μὴ πένητι, χρόνῳ δὲ ὕστερον ἔσῃ καὶ πλούσιος.”
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