Religion
Book IX, 100: To Delos
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Holy nurse of Leda’s babes, whom Zeus anchored immovably in the Aegean main! I swear, gracious lady, by thy own gods, that I will not call thee wretched or follow the verses of Antipater.?- I deem thee blessed in that thou didst receive Phoebus, and that Artemis, after Olympus, calls no land her fatherland but thee.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mitylene, Alpheius of. “Book IX, 100: To Delos.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheius/4/.
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Mitylene, Alpheius of. “Book IX, 100: To Delos.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheius/4/.
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