Religion
To Aphrodite of the Golden House (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
Thou liest in the golden portico of Aphrodite, O grape-cluster filled full of Dionysus' juice, nor ever more shall thy mother twine round thee her lovely tendril or above thine head put forth her honeyed leaf.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Moero of. “To Aphrodite of the Golden House (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/moero/3/.
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Byzantium, Moero of. “To Aphrodite of the Golden House (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/moero/3/.
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