Beauty, alone, may please, not captivate;
If lacking grace, ’tis but a hookless bait.
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Capito of Alexandria is called by Athenaeus (x. p. 425) an epic poet, and the author of a work Ἐρωτικά, which consisted of at least two books. In another passage (viii. p. 350) he mentions a work of his entitled πρὸς Φιλό-παππον ἀπομνημονεύματα, from which he quotes a statement.
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