Love

Epigram XXXI (Mair)

by Callimachus c. 310 – c. 240 BC

Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)

Love

Fill the cup and say again “To Diocles!” And Achelous knows not of his sacred cups. Fair is the boy, O Achelous, and very fair: and if any denies it, may I alone know how fair he is!

MLA

Callimachus. “Epigram XXXI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/185/.

Chicago

Callimachus. “Epigram XXXI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/185/.

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