Epigram 9.554

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Codex Palatinus 23, p.451

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Λάθριος Ἡράκλεια καλῶν ὑπὸ χείλεσιν ἕλκεις
κεῖνο: πάλαι κατὰ σοῦ τοῦτ᾽ ἐβόησε πόλις.
πῶς ἔτλης αἶσχος ῥέξαι κακόν; ἦ σε βιαίως
εἵλκυσέ τις θαλερῶν δραξάμενος πλοκάμων;

ἤ σοι τοὔνομα τερπνὸν ἀφ᾽ Ἡρακλῆος ἐχούσῃ,
μάχλε, φιλεῖν ἥβην κέκριται ἠιθέων;

— Paton edition

Clam, Heraclea, pulchris juvenibus ore morigeraris.
For long all the town says it of you. How do you
venture to do such a shameful thing ? Did anyone
catch you by your beautiful hair and force you to it ?
Or is it because your pretty name is derived from
Heracles that in your depravity you choose to kiss
his wife Hebe (pubem juvenum).

— Paton edition

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Mythical characters, minor deities (eng)

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Epigram 9.554: Creation of Scholium 9.554.1 by “epheline

Epigram 9.554: Addition of Manuscript 7572 by “epheline

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