Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 459: What Achilles would say on seeing Ulysses in Hades
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Or a truth Odysseus is the most resourceful of men. Alive he looks on what it is not allowed to see, the infernal recesses and the bitter pains of the dead. How did he venture to leave the holy light? Did some necessity bring him here against his will? Odysseus never has his fill of cunning devices on earth, on the sea, and among the dead.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 459: What Achilles would say on seeing Ulysses in Hades.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/493/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 459: What Achilles would say on seeing Ulysses in Hades.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/493/.
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