by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE)
ἔgchei tᾶs Peithoῦs kaὶ Kýpridos Ἡliodṓras
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
ἔgchei tᾶs Peithoῦs kaὶ Kýpridos Ἡliodṓras, kaὶ páli tᾶs aὐtᾶs ἁdylógō Cháritos. aὐtὰ gὰr mí᾽ ἐmoὶ gráfetai theós, ἇs tὸ potheinὸn oὔnom᾽ ἐn ἀkrī́tῳ sygkerásas píomai.
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Confiremd with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton, London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 1.
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- by Meleager of Gadara (flourished 1st century BCE), no title [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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- Also set in English, a translation by Jane Minot Sedgwick (b. 1859) , "Epigram", appears in Songs from the Greek ; composed by Liza Lehmann.
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