Love
Book XVI, 287: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Love
Someone sang the lay of Hector, a new tune, and Helladia, donning a chlamys, accompanied the melody. In the dancing of this goddess of war there was both desire and terror, for with virile strength she mingled feminine grace.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XVI, 287: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/155/.
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