Love
Book V, 73
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Ye gods! I knew not that Cytherea was bathing, releasing with her hands her hair to fall upon her neck. Have mercy on me, my queen, and be not wrath with my eyes that have looked on thy immortal form. Now I see! It is Rhodoclea and not Cypris. Then whence this beauty ! Thou, it would seem, hast despoiled the goddess.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Cite this poem
MLA
Rufinus. “Book V, 73.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/25/.
Chicago
Rufinus. “Book V, 73.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/25/.
Read this poem with the Codex →