Living
Book IX, 622
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
If sweet desire for thy wedded wife possess thee, bathe here, and thou shalt appear to her brighter. Or if lust drive thee to mercenary and depraved women, bathe here, and thou shalt be paid instead of paying.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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