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On a Statue of the Armed Venus (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Pallas said, seeing Cytherea armed, "O Cyprian, wilt thou that we go so to judgment?" and she, laughing softly, "why should I lift a shield in contest? if I conquer when naked, how will it be when I take arms?"
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On a Statue of the Armed Venus (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1164/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “On a Statue of the Armed Venus (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1164/.
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