Love
Book IX, 443
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Open not the recesses of thy mind to Aphrodite, for light Love at once rebounds from a heart that is hardened. The nature of passion is insinuating; if one receives the tip of the flaming arrow, the whole of it penetrates. Flatter not thy mind with lascivious hope, for it attracts the spirit and fans the consuming fire.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book IX, 443.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/60/.
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