Love
Book V, 307: On a Picture of Zeus and Leda
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
This is the Laconian river Eurotas, and that is Leda with nothing on, and he who is hidden in the swan is Zeus. And you little Cupids, who are luring me so little disposed to love, what bird am I to become? If Zeus is a swan, I suppose I must be lark.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book V, 307: On a Picture of Zeus and Leda.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/1/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book V, 307: On a Picture of Zeus and Leda.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/1/.
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