Living
Epigram XII
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914) · From Homerica (Loeb, 1914)
Living
Goddess-nurse of the young, give ear to my prayer, and grant that this woman may reject the love-embraces of youth and dote on grey-haired old men whose powers are dulled, but whose hearts still desire.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Attributed to Homer in antiquity.
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Homer. “Epigram XII.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/12/.
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