Love
Book V, 2
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
She who sets the town on fire, Sthenelais, the high-priced whore, whose breath smells of gold for those who desire her, lay by me naked in my dream all night long until the sweet dawn, giving herself to me for nothing. No longer shall I implore the cruel beauty, nor mourn for myself, now I have Sleep to grant me what he granted.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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