Nature
The Release of the Ox (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Nature
The labouring ox, outworn with old age and labour of the furrow, Alcon did not lead to the butchering knife, reverencing it for its works; and astray in the deep meadow grass it rejoices with lowings over freedom from the plough.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Addaeus. “The Release of the Ox (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/addaeus/1/.
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Addaeus. “The Release of the Ox (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/addaeus/1/.
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