ABSTRACT

MS. ¡JL€ÁIXP{¿). Cf. Catull. 48, i, mellitos óculos, and 61, 194, Pulcher es, ñeque te Venus neglegit. The second line is quoted by Heph. 102, as ¡xeXXlxooç o9 /C.T.À.

Choricius : I therefore will honour the bride with a Sapphic melody :—

Thy form is full of grace, Tender thine eyes and sweet, and love

O'er-floods thy charming face, And Aphrodite's grace all else above

Gives thee the foremost place.