# Aethiopica 3.9

Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/heliodorus-of-emesa/aethiopica/3.9

πρὸς ταῦτα μικρὸν ἐπιστήσας, τὸ μὲν ἀπόρημα, ἔφη, σοφώτατα καὶ πιστικώτατα διέλυσας: εἴθε δὲ καὶ αὐτὴ πόθου ποτὲ καὶ ἔρωτος αἴσθοιτο. τότε ἂν ὑγιαίνειν αὐτήν, οὐ νοσεῖν ὑπέλαβον. οἶσθα ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦτό σε καὶ παρεκάλεσα. νῦν δὲ οὐδὲν δέος μὴ τοῦτο πέπονθεν ἡ μισόλεκτρος καὶ ἀνέραστος, ἀλλὰ βασκανίαν ἔοικε τῷ ὄντι νοσεῖν. καὶ δῆλον ὡς καὶ ταύτην διαλῦσαι βουλήσῃ, φίλος τε ὢν καὶ τὰ πάντα σοφός. ἐπηγγελλόμην, εἴ τι πάσχουσαν αἰσθοίμην, εἰς δύναμιν βοηθήσειν.

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Heliodorus of Emesa, Aethiopica, ed. Immanuel Bekker. 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/tlg0658.tlg001.local001/.