"On Lesbos while hunting I saw in a Nymphs’ grove a display, the fairest I ever saw: an image depicted, a story of love."
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Proem, § 1: ' (tr. Jeffrey Henderson) — Or, as translated by Thornley:When I was hunting in Lesbos, I saw in the Grove of the Nymphs, a Spectacle, the most beauteous, and pleasing of any, that ever yet I cast my eyes upon. It was an , or varied picture, reporting a History of Love.
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