Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in… — Hesiod

Love, who is most beautiful among the immortal gods, the melter of limbs, overwhelms in their hearts the intelligence and wise counsel of all gods and all men.

In the original Greek

ἠδ᾽ Ἔρος, ὃς κάλλιστος ἐν ἀθανάτοισι θεοῖσι, λυσιμελής, πάντων δὲ θεῶν πάντων τ᾽ ἀνθρώπων

Theogony · 700 BC
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Hesiod. "Theogony." Theogony and Works and Days, translated by M. L. West. Oxford University Press, 2009, l. 120-121.
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Hesiod. Θεογονία [Theogony]. c. 700 BC, l. 120-121.