by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80)

εἰ καὶ τηλοτέρω Μερόης τεὸν ἴχνος...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
εἰ καὶ τηλοτέρω Μερόης τεὸν ἴχνος ἐρείσεις,
πτηνὸς Ἔρως πτηνῷ κεῖσε μένει με φέρει. 
εἰ καὶ ἐς ἀντολίην πρὸς ὁμόχροον ἵξεαι Ἠῶ,
πεζὸς ἀμετρήτοις ἕψομαι ἐν σταδίοις.
εἰ δέ τι σοι στέλλω βύθιον γέρας, ἵλαθι, κούρη.
εἰς σὲ θαλασσαίη τοῦτο φέρει Παφίη, ^
κάλλεϊ νικηθεῖσα τεοῦ χροὸς ἱμερόεντος,
τὸ πρὶν ἐπ᾽ ἀγλαΐῃ θάρσος ἀπωσαμένη.

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Confirmed with The Greek Anthology. with an English Translation by. W. R. Paton. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 1.


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