Religion
To Poseidon of Aegae (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
Thou who holdest sovereignty of swift-sailing ships, steed-loving god, and the great overhanging cliff of Euboea, give to thy worshippers a favourable voyage even to the City of Ares, who loosed moorings from Syria.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Mytilene, Alpheus of. “To Poseidon of Aegae (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheus/0/.
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Mytilene, Alpheus of. “To Poseidon of Aegae (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheus/0/.
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