Love
Book V, 37
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Take not to your arms a woman who is too slender nor one too stout, but choose the mean between the two. The first has not enough abundance of flesh, and the second has too much. Choose neither deficiency nor excess.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 37.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/12/.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 37.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/12/.
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