Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 474: What Idothea would say on seeing Helen in Pharos
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
I pity thy beauty, since thou art the child of Zeus, For I see a god-nourished form, and verily thou wast the cause of the ten years’ war between Greeks and Trojans. Where is the help of aegis-bearing Zeus thy father? But go soon on thy way, making, by the kindness of Idothea, a safe voyage home over the back of the cruel sea.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 474: What Idothea would say on seeing Helen in Pharos.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/508/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 474: What Idothea would say on seeing Helen in Pharos.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/508/.
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