§6.1Ἀλφειὸς μετὰ Πῖσαν ἐπὴν κατὰ πόντον ὁδεύῃ, §6.2ἔρχεται εἰς Ἀρέθοισαν ἄγων κοτινηφόρον ὕδωρ, §6.3ἕδνα φέρων καλὰ φύλλα καὶ ἄνθεα καὶ κόνιν ἱράν, §6.4καὶ βαθὺς ἐμβαίνει τοῖς κύμασι, τὰν δὲ θάλασσαν §6.5νέρθεν ὑποτροχάει, κοὐ μίγνυται ὕδασιν ὕδωρ, §6.6ἁ δ’ οὐκ οἶδε θάλασσα διερχομένω ποταμοῖο. §6.7κῶρος λινοθέτας κακομάχανος αἰνὰ διδάσκων §6.8καὶ ποταμὸν διὰ φίλτρον Ἔρως ἐδίδαξε κολυμβῆν.
When Alpheus, after passing Pisa, journeys through the sea, he comes to Arethusa, bringing wild-olive-bearing water, carrying beautiful leaves and flowers and sacred dust as bridal gifts. And deeply he enters into the waves, and runs beneath the sea, and water does not mix with water; nor does the sea notice the river passing through. That mischievous, net-setting boy, who teaches dreadful things, even a river did Love teach to swim through a love-charm.