Love
Book V, 257
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Now I condemn Zeus as a tepid lover, since he did not transform himself for this haughty fair’s sake. She is not second in beauty to Europa or Danae or tender Leda. But perhaps he disdains courtesans, for know they were maiden princesses he used to seduce.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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