Love
Book XVI, 206: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
The Thespians venerate Love, the son of Cytherea, alone amongst the gods, and not Love copied from any other model, but the god whom Praxiteles knew, seeing whom in Phryne he gave him to her as the ransom of his desire.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 206: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/35/.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 206: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/35/.
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