Epigram 5.225

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Codex Palatinus 23 p. 122

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ἕλκος ἔχω τὸν ἔρωτα: ῥέει δέ μοι ἕλκεος ἰχώρ,
δάκρυον, ὠτειλῆς οὔποτε τερσομένης.
εἰμὶ γὰρ ἐκ κακότητος ἀμήχανος, οὐδὲ Μαχάων
ἤπιά μοι πάσσει φάρμακα δευομένῳ.

Τήλεφός εἰμι, κόρη, σὺ δὲ γίνεο πιστὸς Ἀχιλλεύς
κάλλεϊ σῷ παῦσον τὸν πόθον, ὡς ἔβαλες.

— Paton edition

My love is a running sore that ever discharges tears for the wound stancheth not ; I am in evil case and find no cure, nor have I any Machaon to apply the gentle salve that I need. I am Telephus, my child ; be thou faithful Achilles and staunch with thy beauty the desire wherewith thy beauty smote me.

— Paton edition

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