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Book IX, 585: On a Dish with a Relief of Venus and Loves
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Here are four Loves. One fits the garland to his mother’s brows, one has his lips at her bosom’s fountain, two play at her feet, and the robe covers the place that is next to the thighs of Aphrodite, otherwise wholly undraped.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 585: On a Dish with a Relief of Venus and Loves.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/554/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 585: On a Dish with a Relief of Venus and Loves.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/554/.
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