Love
Book XII, 206
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
A. “If you are minded to do thus, take your adversary by the middle, and laying him down get astride of him, and shoving forward, fall on him and hold him tight.” B. “You are not in your right senses, Diophantus. I am only just capable of doing this, but boys’ wrestling is different. Fix yourself fast and stand firm, Cyris, and support it when I close with you. He should learn to practise with a fellow before learning to practise himself.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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