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· Immortal Aphrodite of the broidered throne ... Uni

Addison, Myatt, in Dionysius, Peterson, Vandiver, Harris, Cox, WV, Dubnoff.

· That man seems to me peer of gods ... Uni

Addison, in Longinus, Myatt, Peterson, Balmer, Cox, WV, Maingon, Nagy, Ruden, Dubnoff.

· Some say (tr. Harris)

Myatt, Peterson, Maingon, Morland, Rayor, St. Andre´, WV.

· Come here to me from Crete (tr. Maingon)

· The stars about the fair moon ... Uni

Myatt, Peterson, Cox, Harris.

· And round about the [breeze] murmurs cool through apple-boughs ... Uni

Peterson, Cox. See Come here to me from Crete.

· Come, goddess of Cyprus, and in golden cups ... Uni

Peterson, Cox. See Come here to me from Crete.

· If thee Cyprus, or Paphos, or Panormos. Uni

· But for thee will I [lead] to the altar ... Uni

· This lot may I win, golden-crowned Aphrodite. Uni

· Who gave me their gifts and made me honoured. Uni

· This will I now sing deftly to please my girlfriends. Uni

Peterson, Dubnoff.

· For they whom I benefit injure me most. Uni

· But that which one desires I Uni

· To you, fair maids, my mind changes not. Uni

· And this I feel in myself Uni

· But their heart turned cold and they dropt their wings Uni

· According to my weeping ... Uni

· Me just now the golden-sandalled Dawn Uni

· A broidered strap of fair Lydian work covered her feet. Uni
· Shot with a thousand hues. Uni
· ... Me thou forgettest. Uni
· Or lovest another more than me. Uni
· Ye are nought to me. Uni
· While ye will. Uni
· I yearn and seek Uni
· O Muse of the golden throne, raise that strain ... Uni

· When anger spreads through the breast, Uni

Peterson, Cox, Andrew Wilson

· Hadst thou felt desire for things good or noble ... Uni
· Stand face to face, friend ... Uni

· And golden pulse grew on the shores. Uni
· Leto and Niobe were friends full dear. Uni
· Men I think will remember us even hereafter. Uni

· I loved thee once, Atthis, long ago. Uni

· A slight and ill-favoured child didst thou seem to me. Uni
· Foolish woman, pride not thyself on a ring. Uni
· I know not what to do; my mind is divided. Uni

Peterson, Cox, Dubnoff.

· I do not think to touch the sky with my two arms. Uni
· And I flutter like a child after her mother. Uni

Peterson, Andrew Wilson

· Spring's messenger, the sweet-voiced nightingale. Uni
· Now Love masters my limbs ... Uni

· But to thee, Atthis, the thought of me ... Uni

· Now Eros shakes my soul, ... Uni

· When all night long [sleep] holds their [eyes]. Uni

· And purple napkins for thy lap ... Uni
· Come now, divine shell, become vocal for me. Uni

· And tender woven garlands round tender neck. Uni
· Fonder of maids than Gello. Uni

· Of Gorgo full weary. Uni

· Of a proud (or perfumed, or flowery) palace. Uni
· But I upon a soft cushion dispose my limbs. Uni

· And there the bowl of ambrosia was mixed, ... Uni

· The moon has set, and the Pleiades ... Uni

Paul Morland. Annis. Cox.

· The moon rose full, ... Uni

· Thus at times with tender feet the Cretan women ... Uni

· Then delicately in thick robe I sprang. Uni
· Leda they say once found an egg ... Uni

Peterson. Dubnoff.

· And dark-eyed Sleep, child of night Uni
· Aphrodite's handmaid bright as gold. Uni

· Andromeda has a fair requital. Uni
· Sappho, why [celebrate] blissful Aphrodite? Uni
· Come now, delicate Graces and fair-haired Muses Uni

· A sweet-voiced maiden. Uni
· Delicate Adonis is dying, Cytherea; what shall we do? ... Uni

Peterson, Cox, Dubnoff.

· Ah for Adonis! Uni
· Coming from heaven wearing a purple mantle Uni

Peterson, Dubnoff.

· Come, rosy-armed pure Graces, daughters of Zeus Uni

· But Ares says he would drag Hephaestus by force. Uni

· Many thousand cups thou drainest. Uni
· But thou shalt ever lie dead, ... Uni

· No one maiden I think shall at any time see the sunlight ... Uni
· What country girl bewitches thy heart ... Uni

· I taught Hero of Gyara, the swift runner Uni
· I am not of a malignant nature, but have a quiet temper Uni
· But charming [maidens] plaited garlands Uni
· Thou and my servant Love Uni
· But if thou lovest us, choose another ... Uni

· Mnasidica is more shapely than the tender Gyrinno Uni

· Scornfuller than thee, Eranna, have I nowhere found Uni

· Do thou, Dica, set garlands round thy lovely hair, ... Uni

· I love delicacy, and for me Love has the sun's splendour and beauty. Uni

· And down I set the cushion Uni

· Wealth without thee, Worth, is no safe neighbour ... Uni

· And thou thyself, Calliope Uni
· Sleep thou in the bosom of thy tender girlfriend Uni

· Hither now, Muses, leaving golden Uni

· I have a fair daughter with a form like a golden flower ... Uni

· All joy to thee, daughter of Polyanax Uni

· In a dream I spake with the daughter of Cyprus Uni

· Why, lovely swallow, daughter of Pandion, [weary] me? Uni

· She wrapped herself well in delicate hairy Uni

· Sweet Mother, I cannot weave my web, ... Uni

Peterson, Cox, Dubnoff.

· Raise high the roof-beam, carpenters. (Hymenaeus!) ... Uni

· Towering, as the Lesbian singer towers ... Uni

In Demetrius, Peterson.

· As the sweet-apple blushes on the end of the bough, ... Uni

Murray, Morland, Cox, Dubnoff, Harris.

· As on the hills the shepherds trample the hyacinth ... Uni

In Demetrius, Cox, Dubnoff.

· Evening, thou that bringest all that bright morning scattered; ... Uni

In Demetrius, Peterson, Harris.

· I shall be ever maiden Uni

· We will give, says the father Uni

· To the doorkeeper feet seven fathoms long, ... Uni

In Demetrius, Peterson.

· Happy bridegroom, now is thy wedding come to thy desire, ... Uni

Peterson, Cox, Dubnoff.

· And a soft [paleness] is spread over the lovely face Uni

· He who is fair to look upon is [good] ... Uni
· Do I still long for maidenhood? Uni

· The bride [comes] rejoicing; let the bridegroom rejoice Uni
· Whereunto may I well liken thee, dear bridegroom? ... Uni

Peterson, Dubnoff.

· Hail, bride! noble bridegroom, all hail! Uni
· For there was no other girl, O bridegroom, like her. Uni

· Sing Hymenaeus! ... Uni
· Maidenhood, maidenhood, whither art thou gone away from me! Uni

In Demetrius, Dubnoff.

· Fool, faint not thou in thy strong heart Uni
· To himself he seems Uni
· Much whiter than an egg Uni
· Neither honey nor bee for me Uni

· Stir not the shingle Uni

· Thou burnest us Uni

· A napkin dripping Uni
· She called him her son Uni
· Does any ask? I answer from the dead; ... Uni
· This is the dust of Timas, ... Uni

Peterson, Cox, Andrew Wilson.

· Over the fisherman Pelagon his father Meniscus ... Uni

· Death is evil; the Gods have so judged ...

Peterson, Dubnoff.

· Far sweeter of tone than harp, more golden than gold.

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