Love

Book XVI, 14

by Zenodotus 3rd century BC (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)

Love

Who carved Love and placed him by the fountain, thinking to still this fire with water?

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