Mythology & Folklore
Book III, 10: On the West Side: The recognition of Eunous and Thoas, the children of Hypsipyle, by their mother
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Show, Thoas, this plant of Bacchus, for so shalt thou save from death thy mother, the slave Hypsipyle, who suffered from the wrath of Eurydice, since the earth-born snake slew Archemorus. And go thou too, Eunous, leaving the borders of the Asopian land, to take thy mother to pleasant Lemnos.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 10: On the West Side: The recognition of Eunous and Thoas, the children of Hypsipyle, by their mother.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/124/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book III, 10: On the West Side: The recognition of Eunous and Thoas, the children of Hypsipyle, by their mother.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/124/.
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