Love
Book XVI, 68
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
This is a statue of Cypris. But come let us see if it be not Berenice’s. I am in doubt of which one should say it is the better likeness.
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Codex Note
Paton’s heading: “Asclepiades or Posidippus”.
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