History & Politics
Mycenae
Translated by Rennell Rodd (1916) · From Love, Worship and Death (1916)
History & Politics
The cities of the hero age thine eyes may seek in vain,
Save where some wrecks of ruin still break the level plain.
So once I saw Mycenae, the ill-starred, a barren height
Too bleak for goats to pasture,--the goat-herds point the site.
And as I passed a greybeard said, 'Here used to stand of old
A city built by giants, and passing rich in gold.'
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Mytilene, Alpheus of. “Mycenae.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheus/3/.
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Mytilene, Alpheus of. “Mycenae.” Translated by Rennell Rodd. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheus/3/.
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