All sweaty from the gym

Another from the Greek Anthology (Book 12, CXCII, Straton). The translation is my own. Incidentally, I share the poet’s desire:

Ού τέρπουσι κόμαι με, περισσότεροί τε κίκιννοι,
τέχνης, ού φύσεως έργα διδασκόμενοι·
αλλά παλαιστρίτου παιδός ρύπος ο ψαφαρίτης,
καί χροιή μελέων σαρκί λιπαινομένη.
ηδύς ακαλλώπιστος εμός πόθος· η δέ γοήτις
μορφή θηλυτέρης έργον έχει Παφίης.

A head full of long curls fresh from the salon? No thanks.
All dolled up like a girl? I don’t think so.
A boy all sweaty from the gym is what I want,
every limb glistening with oil.
Boys are best when natural and unadorned;
though I admit, a touch of feminine
can also be alluring.

The image shows two sweaty Attic Red-Figure wrestlers (British Museum, London).