Love
Book XVI, 175: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
Either the stone statue, as being Aphrodite, armed itself, or perhaps rather Aphrodite saw the statue and swore, “Would I were it.”
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Codex Note
Headed “Antipater”; Paton does not say which Antipater.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 175: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1016/.
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