Social Commentaries
Book XI, 252
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
If you kiss me you hate me, and if you hate me you kiss me. But if you don’t hate me, dear friend, don’t kiss me!
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Nicarchus. “Book XI, 252.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/33/.
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Nicarchus. “Book XI, 252.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/33/.
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