Dorkion, the tomboy, knows how to cast a loving gaze
Over their shoulder
And shoot a love-dart from their eyes
Just like a boyfriend would.
*The term puer delicatus usually refers to a slave; it is likely that Dorkion is not a free person.
Dorcium quae
ephebis-gaudet scit, ut delicatus puer*,
iaculari communis
Cypridis velocem sagittam, [pendens
cupidinem fulgurans ab oculo, [sui] super humeros...
Δόρκιον ἡ
φιλέφηβος ἐπίσταται, ὡς ἁπαλὸς παῖς,
ἕσθαι πανδήμου
Κύπριδος ὠκὺ βέλος,
ἵμερον ἀστράπτουσα
κατ᾽ ὄμματος, ἠδ᾽ ὑπὲρ ὤμων...
--Asclepiades, Greek Anthology 12.161.1-3
Asclepiades of Samos was a Greek lyric poet from the 3rd century BCE. His works are preserved in the Greek Anthology, a collection of Greek lyric poetry that spans numerous genres, topics, and authors.
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