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Greek Epigram on Aphrodite and Athena

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Greek Epigram on Aphrodite and Athena (1786?) (1780)
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

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465418Greek Epigram on Aphrodite and Athena (1786?)1780Samuel Taylor Coleridge

On the peaks of Ida, Cytherean Aphrodite was exulting over Athena:
"Now, naked, I am victorious. How, when I take up arms?"
But Athena answered her, laughing:
"Ha! Naked, Cyprian, you have your body fully armed."

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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