Love
Book XII, 220
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Thou art not in fetters for stealing the fire, ill-advised Prometheus, but because thou didst spoil the clay of Zeus. In moulding men thou didst add hairs, and hence comes the horrible beard, and hence boys’ legs grow rough. For this thou art devoured by Zeus’ eagle, which carried off Ganymede ; for the beard is a torment to Zeus, too.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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