Mythology & Folklore
Book III, 4: Polymedes and Clylius, the sons of Phineus the Thracian, who slew their father’s Phrygian wife, because he took her to wife while still married to their mother Cleopatra
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Clytius and Polymedes, renowned for wisdom, are slaying their Phrygian stepmother for their own mother’s sake. Cleopatra therefore is glad of heart, having seen the wife of Phineus justly slain.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 4: Polymedes and Clylius, the sons of Phineus the Thracian, who slew their father’s Phrygian wife, because he took her to wife while still married to their mother Cleopatra.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/118/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 4: Polymedes and Clylius, the sons of Phineus the Thracian, who slew their father’s Phrygian wife, because he took her to wife while still married to their mother Cleopatra.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/118/.
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