Love
Book XII, 38
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
The Hours and Graces shed sweet oil on thee, and thou lettest not even old men sleep. Tell me whose thou art and which of the boys thou adornest. And the answer was, “ Menecrates.”
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Rhianus. “Book XII, 38.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rhianus/3/.
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Rhianus. “Book XII, 38.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rhianus/3/.
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