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Apollo and Marsyas (1) (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
No more through pine-clad Phrygia, as of old, shalt thou make melody, uttering thy notes through the pierced reeds, nor in thy hands as before shall the workmanship of Tritonian Athena flower forth, nymph-born Satyr; for thy hands are bound tight in gyves, since being mortal thou didst join immortal strife with Phoebus; and the flutes, that cried as honey-sweet as his harp, gained thee from the contest no crown but death.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Messene, Alcaeus of. “Apollo and Marsyas (1) (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alcaeus-messene/18/.
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Messene, Alcaeus of. “Apollo and Marsyas (1) (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alcaeus-messene/18/.
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