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koyrē tis m᾽ ἐphilēsen ὑphespera cheilesin...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
koyrē tis m᾽ ἐphilēsen ὑphespera cheilesin ὑgroῖs.
nektar]ἔēn tὸ philēma: tὸ gὰr stoma nektaros ἔpnei:
kaὶ methyō tὸ philēma, polὺn tὸn ἔrōta pepōkōs.

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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. With an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London, William Heinemann Ltd., 1916. Anonymous epigram no. 305.


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  • Also set in French (Français), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Charles-Gaston Levadé.

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