Love
Book V, 44
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Lemnion and Kerkurion, the two whores, are always riding off the harbour of Samos. Fly, all ye youth, from Aphrodite’s corsairs; he who engages, and is sunk, is swallowed up.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 44.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/16/.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 44.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/16/.
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