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ια. τὸν Πᾶνα αἱ Νύμφαι πονηρῶς φασὶν ὀρχεῖσθαι καὶ ἐκπηδᾶν τοῦ προσήκοντος ἐξαίροντα καὶ ἀναθρώσκοντα κατὰ τοὺς ἀγερώχους τῶν τράγων, αὐταὶ δ᾽ ἂν μεταδιδάξαιεν αὐτὸν ἑτέραν ὄρχησιν ἡδίω τῷ ἤθει, προσέχοντι δ᾽ αὐταῖς οὐδέν, ἀλλὰ πειρῶντι αὐτὰς καὶ ἁπτομένῳ τῶν κόλπων ἐπιτίθενται κατὰ μεσημβρίαν, ὅτε δὴ λέγεται καθεύδειν ὁ Πὰν ἐκλελοιπὼς τὴν θήραν. ἐκάθευδε δ᾽ ἄρα πρότερον μὲν ἀνειμένος τε καὶ πρᾷος τὴν ῥῖνα καὶ τὸ ἐπίχολον αὐτῆς λεαίνων τῷ ὕπνῳ, τήμερον δὲ ὑπερχολᾷ, προσπεσοῦσαι γὰρ αὐτῷ αἱ Νύμφαι περιῆκται μὲν ἤδη τὼ χεῖρε ὁ Πάν, δέδιε δὲ ἐπὶ τοῖς σκέλεσιν, ἐπειδὴ βούλονται αἱρεῖν αὐτά. τὸ δὲ δὴ γένειον, οὗ πλεῖστος αὐτῷ λόγος, ἐξύρηται μαχαιρίδων ἐσβεβληκυιῶν ἐς αὐτό, φασὶ δὲ καὶ τὴν Ἠχὼ ἀναπείσειν ὑπερορᾶν τε αὐτοῦ καὶ μηδὲ φθέγγεσθαι πρὸς αὐτὸν ἔτι. ταῦτα αἱ Νύμφαι πανσυδί, σὺ δὲ κατὰ δήμους αὐτὰς ὅρα: τὰ μὲν γὰρ τῶν Ναίδων εἴδη ῥανίδας ἀπορραίνουσιν αὗται τῆς κόμης, ὁ δὲ περὶ ταῖς βουκόλοις αὐχμὸς οὐδὲν φαυλότερος τῆς δρόσου, αἱ δὲ ἀνθοῦσαι τὰς χαίτας ἐκπεφύκασιν ὑακινθίνοις ὁμοίως ἄνθεσιν. [p. 358]

Flavii Philostrati Opera, Vol 2. Philostratus the Lemnian (Philostratus Major). Carl Ludwig Kayser. in aedibus B. G. Teubneri. Lipsiae. 1871. Keyboarding.

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