"Δάκρυ δ᾽ ἀπ᾽ ὀφθαλμῶν ἐλέῳ ῥέεν· ἔνδοθι δ᾽ αἰεὶ τεῖρ᾽ ὀδύνη σμύχουσα διὰ χροός, ἀμφί τ᾽ ἀραιὰς ἶνας καὶ κεφαλῆς ὑπὸ νείατον ἰνίον ἄχρις, ἔνθ᾽ ἀλεγεινότατον δύνει ἄχος, ὁππότ᾽ ἀνίας ἀκάματοι πραπίδεσσιν ἐνισκίμψωσιν Ἔρωτες."
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The tear of pity flowed from her eyes, and ever within anguish tortured her, a smouldering fire through her frame, and about her fine nerves and deep down beneath the nape of the neck where the pain enters keenest, whenever the unwearied Loves direct against the heart their shafts of agony. — Lines 761–765 (tr. R. C. Seaton)
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