Time & Brevity
Light Love (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Thou wert loved when rich, Sosicrates, but being poor thou art loved no longer; what magic has hunger! And she who before called thee spice and darling Adonis, Menophila, now inquires thy name. Who and whence of men art thou? where is thy city? Surely thou art dull in learning this saying, that none is friend to him who has nothing.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Argentarius, Marcus. “Light Love (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/marcus-argentarius/39/.
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Argentarius, Marcus. “Light Love (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/marcus-argentarius/39/.
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