Love
Book V, 69
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
When Pallas and golden-sandalled Hera looked on Maeonis, they both cried out from their hearts: “We will not strip again; one decision of the shepherd is enough; it is a disgrace to be worsted twice in the contest of beauty.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 69.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/23/.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 69.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/23/.
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