by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80)
εἶδον ἐγὼ ποθέοντας: ὑπ᾽ ἀτλήτοιο δὲ...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
εἶδον ἐγὼ ποθέοντας: ὑπ᾽ ἀτλήτοιο δὲ λύσσης δηρὸν ἐν ἀλλήλοις χείλεα πηξάμενοι, οὐ κόρον εἶχον ἔρωτος ἀφειδέος: ἱέμενοι δέ, εἰ θέμις, ἀλλήλων δύμεναι ἐς κραδίην, ἀμφασίης ὅσον ὅσσον ὑπεπρήυνον ἀνάγκην, ἀλλήλων μαλακοῖς φάρεσιν ἑσσάμενοι. καὶ ῥ᾽ ὁ μὲν ἦν Ἀχιλῆι πανείκελος, οἷος ἐκεῖνος τῶν Λυκομηδείων ἔνδον ἔην θαλάμων κούρη δ᾽ ἀργυφέης ἐπιγουνίδος ἄχρι χιτῶνα ζωσαμένη, Φοίβης εἶδος ἀπεπλάσατο. καὶ πάλιν ἠρήρειστο τὰ χείλεα: γυιοβόρον γὰρ εἶχον ἀλωφήτου λιμὸν ἐρωμανίης. ῥεῖά τις ἡμερίδος στελέχη δύο σύμπλοκα λύσει, στρεπτά, πολυχρονίῳ πλέγματι συμφυέα, ἢ κείνους ῾φιλέοντας, ὑπ᾽ ἀντιπόροισὶ τ᾽ ἀγοστοῖς ὑγρὰ περιπλέγδην ἅψεα δησαμένους. τρὶς μάκαρ, ὃς τοίοισι, φίλη, δεσμοῖσιν ἑλίχθη, τρὶς μάκαρ: ἀλλ᾽ ἡμεῖς ἄνδιχα καιόμεθα.
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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916
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- by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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