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Book XVI, 320: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Aristides
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Aristides put an end to the ancient quarrel that the cities of Ionia had about Homer’s parentage. For they all say, “It was Smyrna who gave birth to divine Homer, even she who bore likewise the rhetor Aristides.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 320: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Aristides.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1074/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XVI, 320: On a Portrait of the Rhetor Aristides.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1074/.
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