Love
Epigram XLV (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Love
There is something hidden, by Pan, there is, yes, by Dionysus, some hidden fire beneath these ashes. No confidence have I: embrace me not. Oft-times the quiet river undermines the wall unmarked. So now I fear, Menexenus, lest this fawning gypsy slip in and whelm me in love.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XLV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/199/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XLV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/199/.
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