Epigram 9.620

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#1

On a Double Bath in which Men and Women Bathed

#2

606-640 are all Inscriptions on Baths

Codex Palatinus 23, p.462

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ἄγχι μὲν ἐλπὶς ἔρωτος: ἑλεῖν δ᾽ οὐκ ἔστι γυναῖκας:
εἶρξε πυλὶς Παφίην τὴν μεγάλην ὀλίγη.
ἀλλ᾽ ἔμπης γλυκὺ τοῦτο ποθοβλήτοις γὰρ ἐπ᾽ ἔργοις
ἐλπὶς ἀληθείης ἐστὶ μελιχροτέρη.

— Paton edition

Near is the hope of love, but one cannot catch the
women. A little door shuts out great Cypris. But
yet this is sweet ; for in the matter of amorous desire
hope is sweeter than reality.

— Paton edition

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Epithets and epiclesis (eng)

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Epigram 9.620: Creation of Scholium 9.620.2 by “epheline

Epigram 9.620: Creation of Scholium 9.620.1 by “epheline

Epigram 9.620: Addition of Manuscript 7716 by “epheline

Epigram 9.620: First revision

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