Love
Love and the Scholar (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Once when turning over the Book of Hesiod in my hands, suddenly I saw Pyrrha coming in; and casting the book to the ground from my hand, I cried out, Why bring your works to me, old Hesiod?
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Argentarius, Marcus. “Love and the Scholar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/marcus-argentarius/34/.
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Argentarius, Marcus. “Love and the Scholar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/marcus-argentarius/34/.
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