Love
Book V, 185
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Go to the market, Demetrius, and get from Amyntas three small herrings and ten little lemon-soles!; and get two dozen fresh prawns (he will count them for you) and come straight back. And from Thauborius get six rose-wreaths—and, as it is on your way, just look in and invite Tryphera.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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