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Book IX, 576: On a Statue of Athena holding an Apple. Aphrodite speaks
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Trito-born maiden, why dost thou vex me now by grasping in thy hand my prize of which thou hast robbed me. Thou rememberest how formerly, amid the rocks of Ida, Paris pronounced me fairest, not thee. Thine are the spear and shield, but mine is the apple. For the apple that old war was surely enough.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nicarchus. “Book IX, 576: On a Statue of Athena holding an Apple. Aphrodite speaks.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/7/.
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Nicarchus. “Book IX, 576: On a Statue of Athena holding an Apple. Aphrodite speaks.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/7/.
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