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title: On Incredible Things
title_greek: Περὶ Ἀπίστων
author: Antonius Diogenes the Erotic Writer
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canonical: "https://eulogikon.org/works/antonius-diogenes-incredible-things-qhw-ab"
period: Roman
dialect: Koine
domain: Fiction
format: Prose
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# On Incredible Things

*Περὶ Ἀπίστων*

**Author:** Antonius Diogenes the Erotic Writer

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## Text

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[Break in Text (point at which text breaks off for an unknown length)] πλεον[ .......................... ] και τω[ ......................... ] και εν[ ......................... ] γαι τυχη πλε . [ ......................... ] ρουση· ἐσιώπα γὰρ ἀχρε[ίως· ἄκουσον] οὖν, ὅπερ τότε ἐπὶ νοῦ[ν ἦλθέ μοι· γραμ] ματεῖον δίθυρον τῶν [τοιούτων, οἷα ἐς] διδασκάλου ἐπεφερόμεθα, ἀπ[ολαβοῦσα] δίδωμι τῇ Μυρτοῖ· “κεἰ σὺ ἄλλ’ ἔ[τι μοι μὴ] δύνασαι λαλεῖν,” ἔφην, “ἄλλ’ ἔν [γε τούτῳ χά] ραξον ὅσα εἰπεῖν ἐθέλεις. ἐγὼ δ[ὲ ἀναγνοῦ] σα εἴσομαι.” ἥσθη τὸ θεραπαιν[ίδιον· δήλη] γὰρ διὰ τῆς ὄψεως ὡς αὐτίκα [μάλα ἐκδι] κίας ἐφ’ οἷς πέπονθε καὶ θεραπ[είας τευ] ξομένη. λαβοῦσα οὖν τὸ γραμμα[τεῖον καὶ] τῷ λύχνῳ προσελθοῦσα χαράτ[τει τῷ γρα] φείῳ πάνυ σπουδῇ ὅσα ἠβούλε[το ἐν μι] κροῖς πάνυ γράμμασι τ[ο]ῦ πλέο[ν ἐγγρά] ψαι, καί μοι δίδωσιν ἅμ[α] διανεύ[ουσα τῇ χει] ρὶ ἐξιέναι. ἐγὼ δὲ λαβοῦ[σ]α ἐξῆλθ[ον μὲν εὐ] θὺς οὐδαμῶς, πρότερ[ο]ν δὲ ἀν[έγνων αὐτὸ] καὶ ἐδήλ[ο]υ τάδε· “ἄπιθι, ὦ δέσπο[ινα, αὐτί] κα πρὸς τὴν τροφόν, καὶ ἀκουού[σης ἀνά] γνωθι τὰ λοιπά, ὡς ἂν κἀκείνη [μάθοι τὰ] ἑαυτῆς κακὰ μηδὲ ἐς τὸν πάντ[α χρόνον] ἀγνοοῦσα ἥδοιτο, ὡς ἂν καὶ τὰ ἐμ[ὰ γνοίη] τε. ἄπιθι, ἤδη, πρὶν φοιτῆσαι π[αρὰ ... ] τὸν συγκοιμώμενον μὴ καὶ α[ὐτὴ δαίμο] νος ἀπολαύσῃς χαλεποῦ.” ταῦτα [δὲ ὡς ἀνέ] γνων, ἐβουλόμην μὲν ἐπισκ[ ....... ]

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