Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 104
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Argos, thou talk of Homer, and thou holy soil of Hellas, and thou stronghold of Perseus once all golden, ye are perished, and with you the light of those heroes who once levelled the god-built battlements of Troy. Now Troy is a city more powerful than ever and you are fallen and are pointed out as the stalls of lowing cattie.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mitylene, Alpheius of. “Book IX, 104.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheius/6/.
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