Note 125 — Chapter VII · MYTHS OF THE GREAT DIVINITIES OF HEAVEN (continued 2)
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From an elegy intended to be sung at one of the spring celebrations in memory of Adonis. Translated from Bion by Andrew Lang. Cypris, Cytherea, and the Paphian refer to Venus. See Commentary. This elegy is also translated by Mrs. Browning and by Sir Edwin Arnold.