Love
Book V, 163
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
O Flower-nurtured bee, why dost thou desert the buds of spring and light on Heliodora’s skin? Is it that thou wouldst signify that she hath both sweets and the sting of Love, ill to bear and ever bitter to the heart? Yea, meseems, this is what thou sayest. “OE with thee back to thy flowers, thou flirt! It is stale news thou bringest me.” lie. a Jew. ‘a viper.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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