For if she flees, soon she will pursue
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καὶ γὰρ αἰ φεύγει, ταχέως διώξει, αἰ δὲ δῶρα μὴ δέκετ᾽, ἀλλὰ δώσει, αἰ δὲ μὴ φίλει, ταχέως φιλήσει κωὐκ ἐθέλοισα.
The goddess’s promise, in three matched clauses: every refusal will reverse. The most quoted lines of the poem.
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