Social Commentaries
Book IX, 620: On a Double Bath in which Men and Women Bathed
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Social Commentaries
Near is the hope of love, but one cannot catch the women. A little door shuts out great Cypris. But yet this is sweet ; for in the matter of amorous desire hope is sweeter than reality.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book IX, 620: On a Double Bath in which Men and Women Bathed.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/61/.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book IX, 620: On a Double Bath in which Men and Women Bathed.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/61/.
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