Arts & Sciences
Book XIV, 56: On a Mirror
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
If you look at me I look at you too. You look with eyes, but I not with eyes, for I have no eyes. And if you like, I speak without a voice, for you have a voice, but I only have lips that open in vain.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 56: On a Mirror.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/857/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 56: On a Mirror.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/857/.
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