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τερπνὸν ὅλως τὸ πρόσωπον ἐμοὶ προσιόντος ἀπαρκεῖ:
— Paton edition
οὐκέτι δ᾽ ἐξόπιθεν καὶ παριόντα βλέπω.
οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἄγαλμα θεοῦ καὶ νηὸν ὁρῶμεν
ἀντίον, οὐ πάντως καὶ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον,
His face as he approaches seems altogether delightful to me, and that suffices, and I turn not my head to look at him again as he passes. For thus do we look at the statue of a god and a temple, in front, but need not look at the back chamber too.
— Paton edition
Charmant, il me suffit, en somme, le visage de celui qui s’avance vers moi : ce n’est plus par derrière que je le regarde, quand il passe…
— R. Aubreton
N’est-ce pas ainsi que nous contemplons la statue d’un dieu ou son temple : de front ? et certainement pas en même temps sa face arrière !
Charmant, il me suffit, en somme, le visage de celui qui s’avance vers moi : ce n’est plus par derrière que je le regarde, quand il passe…
— R. Aubreton
N’est-ce pas ainsi que nous contemplons la statue d’un dieu ou son temple : de front ? et certainement pas en même temps sa face arrière !
His face as he approaches seems altogether delightful to me, and that suffices, and I turn not my head to look at him again as he passes. For thus do we look at the statue of a god and a temple, in front, but need not look at the back chamber too.
— Paton edition
τερπνὸν ὅλως τὸ πρόσωπον ἐμοὶ προσιόντος ἀπαρκεῖ:
— Paton edition
οὐκέτι δ᾽ ἐξόπιθεν καὶ παριόντα βλέπω.
οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἄγαλμα θεοῦ καὶ νηὸν ὁρῶμεν
ἀντίον, οὐ πάντως καὶ τὸν ὀπισθόδομον,
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