"Κάλλος γὰρ περίπυστον ἀμωμήτοιο γυναικὸς ὀξύτερον μερόπεσσι πέλει πτερόεντος ὀιστοῦ· ὀφθαλμὸς δ᾿ ὁδός ἐστιν."
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L. 92 — The virtuous beauty of a spotless dame Sharper to men is than the swiftest shaft; His eye the way by which his heart is caught. — Tr. Chapman (1616) — Lovely the Virgin-frame, but lovelier far Her native innocence, whose dart is wing'd With force resistless, through the roving eye It strikes into the heart. — Tr. Greene (1773)
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Musaeus Grammaticus (Ancient Greek: Μουσαῖος; fl. c. early 6th century AD) was a Geek poet and grammarian of late antiquity.
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