Love
Book V, 290
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Eluding her mother’s apprehensive eyes, the charming girl gave me a pair of rosy apples. I think she had secretly ensorcelled those red apples with the torch of love, for I, alack! am wrapped in flame, and instead of two breasts, ye gods, my purposeless hands grasp two apples.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book V, 290.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/35/.
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