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Book IX, 665: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Give way to me, thou holy hill of Daphne, lying far from the sea, thy beauty but that of rustic solitude. For here the tree Nymphs and the Nereids of the sea established their common meeting place. When they quarrelled over me, Poseidon was judge, and pronounced that I was to be a border-land open to both.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 665: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/71/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 665: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/71/.
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