Love
Book V, 104
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Take off these nets, Lysidice, you tease, and don’t roll your hips on purpose, as you walk. The folds of your thin dress cling well to you, and all your charms are visible as if "naked, and yet are invisible. If this seems amusing to you, I myself will dress in gauze too (hoc erectum bysso velabo.)
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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