Love
Book IX, 386
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Love
Cypris, of late, on seeing thee naked, exclaimed : “Qh! Oh! look how impudent Nile, envying the sea’s parentage, has, without the blood of Uranus, sent up another Cypris from his sweet depths.”
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 386.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/477/.
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