Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 461: What Pyrrhus would say on entering Troy
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
‘The labour of my noble father was not completed, but I have come, preparing slaughter for all the Trojans ; for I glory more exceedingly in my valour, and my might is capable of destroying in battle King Priam and all that Achilles left alive. The warlike city of Troy will I sack, and my spear shall complete the ten years’ labour of the Greeks.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 461: What Pyrrhus would say on entering Troy.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/495/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 461: What Pyrrhus would say on entering Troy.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/495/.
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