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ο ὕτ ω δ ὲ ἰσχυρά ἐσ τ ι ν , ὥσ θ ᾽ ὁπόταν τ ι δάκνῃ, τιτρώσκει ο ὐκ ἀνθρώπου δέρμα μόνον, ἀλ λ ὰ κ α ὶ β ο ὸς κ α ὶ ἵππου, κ α ὶ ἐλέφαντα λ υ π ε ῖ ἐς τ ὰς ῥυτίδας
α ὐτ ο ῦ παρεισδυομένη κ α ὶ τ ῇ α ὑτ ῆς προνομαίᾳ κ α τ ὰ λόγον τ ο ῦ μεγέθους ἀμύσσουσα. μίξεως δ ὲ κ α ὶ ἀφροδισίων κ α ὶ γάμων π ο λ λ ὴ α ὐτ α ῖς ἡ ἐλευθερία, κ α ὶ ὁ ἄρρην ο ὐ κ α τ ὰ τ ο ὺς ἀλεκτρυόνας
ἐπιβὰς ε ὐθ ὺς ἀπεπήδησεν, ἀλ λ ᾽ ἐποχεῖτ α ι τ ῇ θηλείᾳ ἐπ ὶ πολύ, κ ἀκείνη φέρει τ ὸν νυμφίον, κ α ὶ συμπέτονται τ ὴν ἐναέριον ἐκείνην μ ῖξ ι ν τ ῇ πτήσει
μ ὴ διαφθείρουσαι. ἀποτμηθεῖσ α δ ὲ τ ὴν κεφαλὴν μ υ ῖα ἐπ ὶ π ο λ ὺ ζ ῇ τ ῷ σώματι κ α ὶ ἔμπνους ἐστίν.
Lucian. Works. with an English Translation by. A. M. Harmon. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1913. 1.
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