by Paul the Silentiary (d. 575?80)
eἰ kaὶ tīlotérō Meróīs teὸn ἴchnos...
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά)
eἰ kaὶ tīlotérō Meróīs teὸn ἴchnos ἐreíseis, ptīnὸs Ἔrōs ptīnῷ keῖse ménei me férei. eἰ kaὶ ἐs ἀntolíīn prὸs ὁmóchroon ἵxeai Ἠῶ, pezὸs ἀmetrī́tois ἕpsomai ἐn stadíois. eἰ dé ti soi stéllō výthion géras, ἵlathi, koýrī. eἰs sὲ thalassaíī toῦto férei Pafíī, ^ kálleï nikītheῖsa teoῦ chroὸs ἱmeróentos, tὸ prὶn ἐp᾽ ἀglaḯῃ thársos ἀpōsaménī.
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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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