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The Service of God (Mackail)

by Anonymous (Greek Anthology) various, 7th c. BC – 10th c. AD

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Religion

Me Chelidon, priestess of Zeus, who knew well in old age how to make offering on the altars of the immortals, happy in my children, free from grief, the tomb holds; for with no shadow in their eyes the gods saw my piety.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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MLA

Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “The Service of God (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1171/.

Chicago

Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “The Service of God (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/1171/.

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