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title: "Declamations and Orations: Oration 17 (On the Visit of the Cyprians)"
title_greek: "Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς τὴν τῶν Κυπρίων Ἐπιδημίαν"
author: Himerius the Sophist
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# Declamations and Orations: Oration 17 (On the Visit of the Cyprians)

*Μελέται καὶ Λόγοι, Εἰς τὴν τῶν Κυπρίων Ἐπιδημίαν*

**Author:** Himerius the Sophist

**eul_wid:** `siy-at` · [HTML page](https://eulogikon.org/works/himerius-declamations-orations-oration-17-siy-at)

## Text

Part of [Declamations and Orations](/works/himerius-declamations-orations-siy-ac)

`17`

Εἰς τὴν τῶν Κυπρίων ἐπιδημίαν.

Τὴν Κύπρον οἱ ποιηταὶ θεῶν Ἀφροδίτῃ χαρίζονται, ὥσπερ τὴν Δῆλον Ἀπόλλωνι. ἡ γὰρ Κύπρος πόλις μεγάλη ...

Σαπφὼ καὶ Ἀνακρέων ὁ Τήιος, ὥσπερ τι προοίμιον τῶν μελῶν, τὴν Κύπριν ἀναβοῶντες οὐ παύονται ...

Εὖ ἔχειν οὐ γῆς καὶ θαλάττης ἀλλὰ καὶ οὐρανοῦ φασι τὴν νῆσον ταύτην ...

Δῆμοι τὴν γλῶτταν ἀκριβῶς Ἕλληνες ...

Ὤδινεν ἐξ Οὐρανοῦ τὴν Ἀφροδίτην ἡ θάλαττα· τὰς δὲ ὠδίνας ταύτας, αἵτινές ποτε εἰσί, μυστικοὶ λόγοι κρύπτειν κελεύουσι. καὶ ἔδει γὰρ λοιπὸν ἐκκυηθῆναι τὴν δαίμονα· ἵσταται μὲν εὐθὺς καὶ ἄγει γαλήνην ἡ θάλαττα, ἁπαλοῖς κύμασι περὶ τὸν τόκον πορφύρουσα ...

Λειμῶνα φαίη τις ἂν εἶναι τὴν νῆσον Ἀφροδίτης αὐτῆς, καὶ ταύτην, οἶμαι, Ἐρώτων πάμφορον ...

Πανδήμῳ δʼ Ἀφροδίτῃ πρὸς τὴν οὐρανίαν οὐδὲν κοινόν· ἡ μὲν γὰρ βεβήλους καὶ οὐ καθαροὺς τὴν φύσιν γεννᾷ τοὺς ἔρωτας· τῇ δὲ χρυσοῖ μὲν οἱ παῖδες, χρυσᾶ δὲ τὰ τούτων καὶ βέλη· σκοποὶ δὲ αὐτοῖς ψυχαὶ νεοτελεῖς καὶ ἀκήρατοι ...

Μὴ παραλανθάνωμεν ὑμᾶς αὐτοὺς ὕπουλον ἐραστὴν εἴσω προθύρων δεχόμενοι ...

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