Love
Book IX, 179
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Love
Who carved of frankincense the bowman Love, him who of old spared not Zeus himself? At length he stands a mark for Hephaestus, Love who ne’er deserved to be seen suffering aught else but consumption in the flames.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book IX, 179.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/14/.
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