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fratello-lew, держащая руку на пульсе греческой папирологии, сообщает, что найден, но пока не опубликован фрагмент монолога из еврипидовской "Андромеды", где прославляется Эрот. По-моему, мировое сообщество должно встать стеной и воспротивиться публикации, потому что последствия могут оказаться непредсказуемы. Хорошо еще, если с нами будет по
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At Abdera in Thrace (Andromeda one of Euripides' tragedies being played) the spectators were so much moved with the object, and those pathetical love speeches of Perseus, amongst the rest, "O Cupid, Prince of Gods and men," &c. that every man almost a good while after spake pure iambics, and raved still on Perseus' speech, "O Cupid, Prince of Gods and men." As carmen, boys and apprentices, when a new song is published with us, go singing that new tune still in the streets, they continually acted that tragical part of Perseus, and in every man's mouth was "O Cupid," in every street, "O Cupid," in every house almost, "O Cupid, Prince of Gods and men," pronouncing still like stage-players, "O Cupid;" they were so possessed all with that rapture, and thought of that pathetical love speech, they could not a long time after forget, or drive it out of their minds, but "O Cupid, Prince of Gods and men," was ever in their mouths... (p. [5092])
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