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References
- ↑ Argentieri, Lorenzo (2007). "Meleager and Philip as epigram collectors". Brills's Companion to Hellenistic Epigram. p. 160.
- ↑ Ypsilanti, Maria (2006). "Lais and her Mirror". Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies. 49 (1): 197. doi:10.1111/j.2041-5370.2006.tb00684.x.
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