by Moschus (flourished 150 BCE)

Εισ ερωτα αροτριωντα
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Λαμπάδα θεὶς καὶ τόξα βοηλάτιν εἵλετο ῥάβδον
οὖλος Ἔρως, πήρην δ̓ εἶχε κατωμαδίην,
καὶ ζεύξας ταλαεργὸν ὑπὸ ζυγὸν αὐχένα ταύρων
ἔσπειρεν Δηοῦς αὔλακα πυροφόρον.
5εἶπε δ̓ ἄνω βλέψας αὐτῷ Διί: ‘πλῆσον ἀρούρας,
μή σε τὸν Εὐρώπης βοῦν ὑπ̓ ἄροτρα βάλω.’

Confirmed with Moschus. The Greek Bucolic Poets., J. M. (John Maxwell) Edmonds. William Heinemann; G. P. Putnam's Sons. London; New York. 1919.


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