Love
Book V, 34
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Zeus bought Danae for gold, and I buy you for a gold coin. I can’t give more than Zeus did.
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Codex Note
Ascribed to Parmenion.
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