Arts & Sciences
Book XVI, 59: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
The sculptor set up a statue of a Bacchant, yet ignorant of how to beat the swift cymbals with her hands and ashamed. For so does she bend forward, and looks as if she were crying, “Go ye out, and I will strike them with none standing by.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book XVI, 59: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/94/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book XVI, 59: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/94/.
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