Magic wheel, draw that man to my house. As I melt this wax with the goddess's help, so may Delphis of Myndus melt at once with love. And as this bronze wheel spins by Aphrodite's power, so may he spin and turn at my door.

Two more likenesses. As the wax melts, so may Delphis melt with love. Cholmeley notes that the wax need not be a figure of him, though Horace and Ovid give their witches wax images, and that "melting" with desire is a stock phrase of the Greek love spells preserved on papyrus. The ῥόμβος is a bronze wheel or bullroarer, whirled on a cord so that it hums. Delphis is "of Myndus," a town on the coast of Caria in Asia Minor. Like Jason in Colchis, he is a stranger in the city of the woman who loves him.