Love
Book XII, 239
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Love
You ask for five drachmas: I will give ten and you will... have twenty. Is a gold sovereign enough for you? Sovereign gold was enough for Danae.
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Sardis, Strato of. “Book XII, 239.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/71/.
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