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Original / primary: Perseus Grc2
43.1
εἰ μὲν ἑκών, Ἀρχῖνʼ, ἐπεκώμασα, μυρία μέμφου,
43.2
εἰ δʼ ἄκων ἥκω, τὴν προπέτειαν ἔα.
43.3
ἄκρητος καὶ Ἔρως μʼ ἠνάγκασαν, ὧν ὁ μὲν αὐτῶν
43.4
εἷλκεν, ὁ δʼ οὐκ εἴα τὴν προπέτειαν ἐᾶν. σώφρονα θυμὸν ἔχειν A. P.
43.5
ἐλθὼν δʼ οὐκ ἐβόησα, τίς ἢ τίνος, ἀλλʼ ἐφίλησα
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τὴν φλιήν· εἰ τοῦτʼ ἔστʼ ἀδίκημʼ, ἀδικέω.