Pan is the Speaker - Diodorus Zonas

Nereids, Nymphs of the shore, you saw Daphnis yesterday, 

when he washed off the dust that lay like down on his skin; 

when, burnt by the dog-star, he rushed into your waters, 

the apples of his cheeks faintly reddened. 

 

Tell me, was he beautiful? 

Or am I a goat, not only lame in my legs but in my heart too?

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Diodorus Zonas [Zonas of Sardis] (1st century BC) Italy
Translated by William R. Paton
Source: The Greek anthology, Vol III, Translated by W. R. (William Roger) Paton, W. Heinemann, 1916