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Book IX, 452: On the Same

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

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)

Living

Thy sister Philomela, Procne, wishes thee well if this be well-wishing. Let the robe tell thee the suffering of my heart which savage Tereus inflicted on me. Shutting me up, luckless maid, in the shepherd’s fold, he deprived me first of virginity and next of speech.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 452: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/487/.

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