101: To what may I liken thee, dear bridegroom?...

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Τίῳ, σ᾽, ὦ φίλε γάμβρε, κάλωσ ἔικάσω;
ὄρπακι βραδίνῳ σε κάλιστ᾽ ἔικάσδω. [transcription]

To what may I liken thee, dear bridegroom?
Best to a tender shoot may I liken thee.

From Hephaestion as an example of metre.

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