Love
Book V, 170
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
“Nothing is sweeter than love; all delightful things are second to it, and even the honey I spat from my mouth.” Thus saith Nossis, but if there be one whom Cypris hath not kissed, she at least knows not what flowers roses are.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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