TO APHRODITE, BY LAÏS
PLATO
I Laïs who laughed exultant over Greece, I who held that swarm of young lovers in my porches, give my mirror to the Paphian; since such as I am I will not see myself, and such as I was I cannot.
The Greek Anthology
Greek Anthology I Chap. II Part III
From J. W. Mackail, for About.com
XXIII
TO APHRODITE, BY LAÏS
PLATO
I Laïs who laughed exultant over Greece, I who held that swarm of young lovers in my porches, give my mirror to the Paphian; since such as I am I will not see myself, and such as I was I cannot.
The Greek Anthology
TO APHRODITE, BY LAÏS
PLATO
I Laïs who laughed exultant over Greece, I who held that swarm of young lovers in my porches, give my mirror to the Paphian; since such as I am I will not see myself, and such as I was I cannot.
The Greek Anthology
Index: Greek Anthology I Chap. II Part III
- To Aphrodite of the Golden House, Moero
- To Aphrodite, by Calistion, Posidippus
- To Aphrodite, by Lais, Plato
- To Aphrodite With a Talisman
- To Aphrodite Euploia, Gaetulicus
- To the God of Canopus, Callimachus
- To Heracles, With a Shield, Hegesippus
- To the Milesian Artemis, Nicias
- To the Athene Ergane, Antipater of Sidon
- To the Orchard God
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