Love
Book XII, 78
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
If Love had a chlamys and no wings, and wore no bow and quiver on his back, but a petasus, yea, I swear it by the splendid youth himself, Antiochus would be Love, and Love, on the other hand, Antiochus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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