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Quoted by Hephaestion.

I have a fair daughter with a form like golden flowers, Cleis the belovedest whom I cherish more than all Lydia or lovely [Lesbos].

A fair daughter have I, Cleis by name,

Like a golden flower she seems to me.

Far more than all Lydia, her do I love,

Or Lesbos shimmering in the sea.

Quoted and commented upon by Hephaestion.

From Maximus Tyrius.