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Book XVI, 278: On the Picture of Maria the Singer and Lyrist
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
She has the plectrum of the lyre, she has also the plectrum of love, and she beats with one the heart, with the other the lyre. Pitiable are they to whom her mind does not unbend, but he whom she favours is a second Anchises, a second Adonis. And if, O stranger, it is thy wish to hear her celebrated name and her country, she is Maria of Alexandria.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book XVI, 278: On the Picture of Maria the Singer and Lyrist.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/79/.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book XVI, 278: On the Picture of Maria the Singer and Lyrist.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/79/.
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