Love
Book V, 19
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Love
I am not said to rave about boys as before, but now they say I am mad about women, and my quoit has become a rattle. Instead of the unadulterated complexion of boys I am now fond of powder and rouge and colours that are laid on. Dolphins shall feed in the forests of Erymanthus, and fleet deer in the grey sea.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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