Social Commentaries
Book XI, 174
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Dio yesterday stole Cypris all of gold, just risen from her mother sea, and he also pulled down with his hand Adonis of beaten gold and the little Love that stood by. Even the best thieves that ever were will now say, “ No longer do we enter into a contest of dexterity with you.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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