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Bridegroom and Bride (Mackail)

by Joannes Barbucallus date uncertain (Byzantine period)

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

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To Persuasion and the Paphian, Hermophiles the neatherd, bridegroom of flower-chapleted Eurynome, dedicates a cream-cheese and combs from his hives; but accept for her the cheese, for me the honey.

MLA

Barbucallus, Joannes. “Bridegroom and Bride (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/joannes-barbucallus/0/.

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Barbucallus, Joannes. “Bridegroom and Bride (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/joannes-barbucallus/0/.

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