# τὰ κατὰ Λευκίππην καὶ Κλειτοφῶντα 1.9.6

Achilles Tatius, τὰ κατὰ Λευκίππην καὶ Κλειτοφῶντα, Book 1, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/achilles-tatius/text/1.9.6

Εἰ γὰρ τὰ ἄγρια τῶν θηρίων συνηθείᾳ τιθασεύεται, πολὺ μᾶλλον ταύτῃ μαλαχθείη καὶ γυνή. Ἔχει δέ τι πρὸς παρθένον ἐπαγωγὸν ἡλικιώτης ἐρῶν· τὸ δὲ ἐν ὥρᾳ τῆς ἀκμῆς ἐπεῖγον εἰς τὴν φύσιν καὶ τὸ συνειδὸς τοῦ φιλεῖσθαι τίκτει πολλάκις ἀντέρωτα. Θέλει γὰρ ἑκάστη τῶν παρθένων εἶναι καλὴ καὶ φιλουμένη χαίρει καὶ ἐπαινεῖ τῆς μαρτυρίας τὸν φιλοῦντα· κἂν μὴ φιλήσῃ τις αὐτήν,

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Achilles Tatius, τὰ κατὰ Λευκίππην καὶ Κλειτοφῶντα, ed. Rudolf Hercher. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg0532.tlg001.local001/.