Living
Book IX, 756: A Silenus speaks
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
As far as it depends on thy art, Praxiteles, the stone could wax wanton. Let me loose and I will join in the revel again. It is not that my old age is feeble, but the fettering stone grudges the Sileni their sport.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Aemilianus. “Book IX, 756: A Silenus speaks.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/aemilianus/2/.
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Aemilianus. “Book IX, 756: A Silenus speaks.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/aemilianus/2/.
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