On a Double Bath in which Men and Women Bathed
606-640 are all Inscriptions on Baths
ἄγχι μὲν ἐλπὶς ἔρωτος: ἑλεῖν δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι γυναῖκας:
— Paton edition
εἶρξε πυλὶς Παφίην τὴν μεγάλην ὀλίγη.
ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπης γλυκὺ τοῦτο ποθοβλήτοις γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις
ἐλπὶς ἀληθείης ἐστὶ μελιχροτέρη.
Near is the hope of love, but one cannot catch the
— Paton edition
women. A little door shuts out great Cypris. But
yet this is sweet ; for in the matter of amorous desire
hope is sweeter than reality.
Near is the hope of love, but one cannot catch the
— Paton edition
women. A little door shuts out great Cypris. But
yet this is sweet ; for in the matter of amorous desire
hope is sweeter than reality.
ἄγχι μὲν ἐλπὶς ἔρωτος: ἑλεῖν δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι γυναῖκας:
— Paton edition
εἶρξε πυλὶς Παφίην τὴν μεγάλην ὀλίγη.
ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπης γλυκὺ τοῦτο ποθοβλήτοις γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις
ἐλπὶς ἀληθείης ἐστὶ μελιχροτέρη.
Epigram 9.620: Creation of Scholium 9.620.2 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.620: Creation of Scholium 9.620.1 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.620: Addition of Manuscript 7716 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.620: First revision
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