22 JUNE 1901, Page 20

PLATO (?), ANTHOLOGIA IX. 39.

[With apologies for Venus, Cupid, and Kars, as metrically more manageable than Aphrodite, Eros, and Ares.]

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VENUS said to the Muses, "You girls must respect me; I have Cupid to set upon those who neglect me." "Keep this chatter for Mars," said the Muses to Venus ; "As for us and your imp, there is nothing between us."

A. J. C.