Love
Book XII, 34
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
Yesterday I supped with the boys’ trainer, Demetrius, the most blessed of all men. One lay on his lap, one stooped over his shoulder, one brought him the dishes, and another served him with drink —the admirable quartette. I said to him in fun, “ Do you, my dear friend, train the boys at night too?”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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