by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80)
eἰ kaὶ tēloterō Meroēs teὸn ἴchnos...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
eἰ kaὶ tēloterō Meroēs teὸn ἴchnos ἐreiseis, ptēnὸs Ἔrōs ptēnῷ keῖse menei me pherei. eἰ kaὶ ἐs ἀntoliēn prὸs ὁmochroon ἵxeai Ἠῶ, pezὸs ἀmetrētois ἕpsomai ἐn stadiois. eἰ de ti soi stellō bythion geras, ἵlathi, koyrē. eἰs sὲ thalassaiē toῦto pherei Paphiē, ^ kallei nikētheῖsa teoῦ chroὸs ἱmeroentos, tὸ prὶn ἐp᾽ ἀglaiῃ tharsos ἀpōsamenē.
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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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