Love
Book XVI, 171: On Armed Aphrodite
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
Why, Cytherea, hast thou put on these arms of Ares, bearing this useless weight? For, naked thyself, thou didst disarm Ares himself, and if a god has been vanquished by thee it is in vain that thou takest up arms against mortals.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 171: On Armed Aphrodite.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/34/.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 171: On Armed Aphrodite.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/34/.
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