Love
Contra Mundum (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Pour in and say again, "Diocles"; nor does Acheloüs touch the cups consecrated to him; fair is the boy, O Acheloüs, exceeding fair; and if any one says no, let me be alone in my judgment of beauty.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Contra Mundum (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/85/.
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Callimachus. “Contra Mundum (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/85/.
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