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Poems from the Classical Greek of
RUFINUS
first published in the Penguin version of the
Greek Anthology, edited by Peter Jay
The
numbers at the end of each piece, e.g. 5.19 (688), indicate the book and
poem-number in the Anthology and (in brackets) the poem-number in Jay’s
presentation for Penguin Classics.
Few
of these
pieces have titles, so the menu below is of first lines.
a silver-toed virgin
boy-mad no longer
dear Love you’d better know
did I not say we grow old
Europa’s kiss
Felucca and Pinnace
her eyes are gold
here Rhodoklea is a garland
I do not enjoy an extortionate night
I hate an easy woman
I have armoured my feelings
if girls were nice
lay neither the scrawny nor thick
let us wash each other’s body
Melissa where is the golden
Melissias denies she’s I love
my sweetest Elpis
Pallas and golden-shoed Hera
Rhodope is so stuck up
Rhodope, Melite and Rhodoklea contested
so it’s hullo now
when Prodike seemed alone
where is Praxiteles
who flogged you and threw you out
you have Hera’s eyes Melite
1
boy-mad
no longer
as
once before
...
2
a
silver-toed virgin
was
washing her body
...
3
Europa’s
kiss
even
if
brushing
the lips
...
4
Pallas
and
golden-shoed
Hera
took
one glance
...
5
dear
Love you’d better know
that
the virgin Amymone
...
6
my
sweetest Elpis
I
wish
you much joy
...
7
when
Prodike seemed
alone
I begged for it
...
8
let
us wash each other’s body
Prodike
...
9
did
I not say we grow old
Prodike
...
10
so
it’s hullo now
the
bright face you
...
11
Melissias
denies she’s in love
but
her body screams
...
12
Felucca
and Pinnace
those
two whores
...
13
where
is Praxiteles where
the hands of Polykleitos
...
14
you
have Hera’s eyes Melite
the
hands of Athene
...
15
Rhodope
is so stuck up
because
of her beauty
...
16
here
Rhodoklea
is
a garland
...
17
Rhodope,
Melite and Rhodoklea
contested
to
see who possessed
...
18
if
girls were nice
after
lovemaking
...
19
lay
neither the scrawny
nor
thick
...
20
I
have armoured my feelings
with
syllogisms
...
21
I
hate an easy woman
and
I hate a prude
...
22
I
do not enjoy
an
extortionate night
...
23
who
flogged you and threw you out
and
only naked
...
24
her
eyes are gold
her
cheeks are glass
...
25
Melissa
where is the golden
esteemed
sight
...
by Rufinus (translated
by Alan Marshfield)
(back)
(For full translation
see the Kindle ebook The Translations of Alan Marshfield)
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