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Malus medica.

The citron

XL.

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.

Notes:

1.  γλυκύπικρος, ‘bitter-sweet’, a concept often applied to Love in Hellenistic epigrams. See Emblem 89 ([A56a089]).



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    • trees: lemon-tree (+ bearing fruit) [25G3(ORANGE-TREE)(+34)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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    • Pleasure, Enjoyment, Joy; 'Allegrezza', 'Allegrezza da le medaglie', 'Allegrezza, letitia e giubilo', 'Diletto', 'Piacere', 'Piacere honesto' (Ripa) (+ emblematical representation of concept) [56B1(+4):56F2(+4)] Search | Browse Iconclass
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