Arts & Sciences
Book XVI, 319: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Marinus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
Portraits are an honour dear to men, but for Marinus a portrait is an insult, as it exhibits the uncomeliness of his form.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 319: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Marinus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1073/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 319: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Marinus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1073/.
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