Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 239: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
ANaxaGoras set me up here, a Priapus not standing on my feet, but resting both knees on the ground. Phylomachus made me; but seeing lovely Charito standing beside me, you will seek no longer why I fell on my knees.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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