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EMBLEMA CCVIII [=203] .
Malus medica.
The citron
Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec: Iucundus amator,
Indicat; est Graecis sic γλυκύπικρος amor.[1]
These golden fruits belong to Venus: the sweet bitterness tells us that. Even so is love glukupikros for the Greeks.
Link to an image of this page [S5r f128r]Das CCVIII [=203] .
Citrinatbaum.
Die güldin Opffel seind geweicht
Der Göttin Veneri, der gleich
Die lieblich bitterkeit zeigt an
Süß, sauwr, wie dLieb Griechn nennen thon.
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Link to an image of this page [C6v f22v]Malus medica.
The citron
Aurea sunt Veneris poma haec, iucundus amaror
Indicat, est graecis sic glycypicros amor.[1]
These golden fruits belong to Venus: the sweet bitterness tells us that. Even so is love glukupikros for the Greeks.
1. γλυκύπικρος, ‘bitter-sweet’, a concept often applied to Love in Hellenistic epigrams.
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