TEXT AND TRANSLATIONS
111
My sweet mother! Fair Aphrodite’s spell
Has from me sense and reason all bereft,
And, yearning for that dear beloved youth,
No longer can I see the warp or weft.
Quoted by Hephaestion as an example of metre.
88
Ἴψοι δὴ τὸ μέλαθρον,
᾽Υμήναον
ἀέρρετε τέκτοντες ἄνδρες,
᾽Υμήναον
γάμβρος ἔρχεται ἶσος Ἄρευϊ,
[᾽Υμήναον]
ἄνδρος μεγάλω πόλυ μείζων
[᾽Υμήναον.]
Raise high the roof beams, Workmen!
Hymenaeus!
Like Ares comes the bridegroom!
Hymenaeus!
Taller far than all tall men!
Hymenaeus!
Quoted by Hephaestion as an example of mes-hymnic poem.
