Descriptions
On a Mosquito Net
Καλλιγάμοις λέκτροις περικίδναμαι: εἰμὶ δὲ κεδνῆς
— Paton edition
δίκτυον οὐ Φοίβης, ἀλλ᾽ ἁπαλῆς Παφίης.
ἀνέρα δ᾽ ὑπνώοντα μίτῳ πολύσπι καλύπτω,
ζῳοφόρων ἀνέμων οὐδὲν ἀτεμβόμενον.
I am hung round wealthy bridal beds and am the
— Paton edition
net, not of the huntress Artemis, but of the tender
Queen of Paphos. I cover the sleeper with a many-
meshed web, so that he in no way loses the life-giving
breeze.
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