Love
Book V, 15
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
Where is now Praxiteles ? Where are the hands of Polycleitus, that gave life to the works of ancient art ? Who shall mould Melite’s scented ringlets, or her fiery eyes and the splendour of her neck? Where are the modellers, the carvers in stone ? Such beauty, like the image of a god, deserved a temple.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Rufinus. “Book V, 15.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rufinus/3/.
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