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“Philenis, fill our silent confidant— the lamp—with olive dew. Then go, and lock the stout door behind you, for love abhors a breathing witness; and you, sweet Xantho, let us begin . . . Only my couch, a friend to lovers, will know the secrets of Aphrodite.” — Philodemos the Epicurean
Philenis, fill our silent confidant—
the lamp—with olive dew. Then go,
and lock the stout door behind you,
for love abhors a breathing witness;
and you, sweet Xantho, let us begin . . .
Only my couch, a friend to lovers,
will know the secrets of Aphrodite.