Cypria

thumb|In such perfumed garments is Aphrodite clothed at all seasons. The Cypria (Ancient Greek: Κύπρια) is a lost epic poem of ancient Greek literature, which has been attributed to either Stasinus or Hegesias. Quotes εἵματα μὲν χροῒ ἕστο, τά οἱ Χάριτές τε καὶ Ὧραιποίησαν καὶ ἔβαψαν ἐν ἄνθεσιν εἰαρινοῖσινὅσσα φέρουσ᾿ ὧραι, ἔν τε κρόκῳ ἔν θ᾿ ὑακίνθῳἔν τε ἴῳ θαλέθοντι ῥόδου τ᾿ ἐνὶ ἄνθεϊ καλῷἡδέϊ νεκαρέῳ ἔν τ᾿ ἀμβροσίαις καλύκεσσιν†ἄνθεσι ναρκίσσου καλλιρρόου δ᾿ οια† Ἀφροδίτηὥραις παντοίαις τεθυωμένα εἵματα ἕστο. She clothed herself with garments which the Graces and Hours had made for her and dyed in flowers of spring—such flowers as the Seasons wear—in crocus and hyacinth and flourishing violet and the rose's lovely bloom, so sweet and delicious, and heavenly buds, the flowers of the narcissus and lily. In such perfumed garments is Aphrodite clothed at all seasons. Frg. 4 Bernabé = 5 West (tr. H. G. Evelyn-White, 1920) Ζῆνα δὲ τόν τ᾿ ἔρξαντα καὶ ὃς τάδε πάντ᾿ ἐφύτευσενοὐκ ἐθέλει νεικεῖν· ἵνα γὰρ δέος, ἔνθα καὶ αἰδώς. But as for Zeus, the agent responsible, who sowed the seeds of all this, he (she?) is unwilling to criticize him; for where there is fear, there is inhibition. Frg. 18 Bernabé = 29 West (tr. M. L. West, 2003) External links Category:Epic poetry Category:Ancient Greek texts