Mythology & Folklore
Book III, 7: On the North Side: The story of Zethus and Amphion
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Amphion and Zethus, scions of Zeus, slay this woman Dirce, the injurer of your mother Antiope, whom formerly she kept in prison owing to her jealous spite, but whom she now beseeches with tears. Attach her to the bull with a double rope, that it may drag her body through this thicket.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 7: On the North Side: The story of Zethus and Amphion.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/121/.
Chicago
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 7: On the North Side: The story of Zethus and Amphion.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/121/.
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