Arts & Sciences
Book XVI, 293: On Homer
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
Who wrote on his pages the Trojan war, and who the long wanderings of the son of Laertes? I cannot be certain about his name or his city. Heavenly Zeus, can it be that Homer gets the glory of thine own poems?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 293: On Homer.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1058/.
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