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Book XVI, 277: On a Picture of a Female Lyrist in Constantinople
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
The painting does not justly show thy beauty, and would it had had the power to portray the sweet tones of thy melodious mouth, so that our eyes and ears might have been equally entranced by thy face and thy lyre-playing.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book XVI, 277: On a Picture of a Female Lyrist in Constantinople.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/78/.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book XVI, 277: On a Picture of a Female Lyrist in Constantinople.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/78/.
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