History & Politics
Book IX, 137: To the Emperor Hadrian
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
The half of me is dead, and starvation is subduing the other half. Save, Sire, a musical semitone of me. The Emperor’s Reply Thereto: Thou dost wrong both Pluto and the Sun by looking still on the latter and failing to go to the former.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Headed "A certain half-starved grammarian".
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 137: To the Emperor Hadrian.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/425/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 137: To the Emperor Hadrian.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/425/.
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