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Repeated 4. 1. 5. Cf. Pind. fr. 122. 4, ματέρ᾽ Ἐρώτων. The 'Loves' as attendants on Venus belong rather to the prettinesses of later Greek poetry and art. But cf. Aeschyl. Suppl. 1043; Bion. Epitaph. Adon. 80 sqq.; Catull. 3. 1; Stat. Silv. 1. 2. 61; Claud. de Nupt. Honor. 72; Tenn., 'a bevy of Eroses apple cheeked.'


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