Love
Book V, 24
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
My soul warns me to fly from the love of Heliodora, for well it knows the tears and jealousies of the past. It commands, but I have no strength to fly, for the shameless girl herself warns me to leave her, and even while she warns she kisses me.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “Book V, 24.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/2/.
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