Love
Book XVI, 207: On a Statue of Love
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
Love is unarmed; therefore he smiles and is gentle, for he has not his bow and fiery arrows. And it is not without reason that he holds in his hands a dolphin and a flower, for in one he holds the earth, in the other the sea.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XVI, 207: On a Statue of Love.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/150/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XVI, 207: On a Statue of Love.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/150/.
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