by Theocritus (c310 BCE - c250 BCE)

Kērioleptēs
Language: Greek (Ελληνικά) 
Ekentrōse mia melissa ton erōta ton klephtē
otan tēs eklebe keri mes' apo tēn kypselē,
ki ola tu takrodachtyla ta brēke to kentri tēs.
Ki autos ponoyse o dystychos k' ephysage ta cheria
k' echtypage ta podia tu pēdōntas ap' ton pono;
k' etrexe stē mētera tu tēn ōmorphē Aphroditē
k' edeixe ta cherakia tu kai tēs paraponethē
pōs ein' ē melissa mikrē ki omōs sklēra plēgōnei.
K' egelas' ē mētera tu kai straphēke kai toype:
Giati aporeis? mēpōs kai sy tēs melissas de moiazeis?
Etsi mikros eisai kai sy k' etsi sklēra plēgōneis.

See also Anacreon's version of this tale.


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