Love
Book XII, 169
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
I escaped from your weight, Theodorus, but no sooner had I said “I have escaped from my most cruel tormenting spirit” than a crueller one seized on me, and slaving for Aristocrates in countless ways, I am awaiting even a third master.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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