Time & Brevity
Troy (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
If thou art a Spartan born, O stranger, deride me not, for not to me only has Fortune accomplished this; and if of Asia, mourn not, for every city has bowed to the Dardanian sceptre of the Aeneadae. And though the jealous sword of enemies has emptied out Gods' precincts and walls and inhabitants, I am queen again; but do thou, O my child, fearless Rome, lay the yoke of thy law over Greece.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Troy (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/110/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Troy (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/110/.
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