Love
Book XVI, 170: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
When you see, stranger, the Cnidian Cytherea, you would say this, “Rule alone over mortals and immortals,” but when you look at Pallas in the city of Cecrops boldly brandishing her spear you will exclaim, “Paris was really a bumpkin.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Hermodorus. “Book XVI, 170: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hermodorus/0/.
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Hermodorus. “Book XVI, 170: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hermodorus/0/.