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Book IX, 755: On Scylla in Bronze
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Unless the bronze glistened and betrayed the work to be a product of Hephaestus’ cunning art, one looking from afar would think that Scylla herself stood here, transferred from sea to land, so threatening is her gesture, such wrath does she exhibit, as if dashing ships to pieces in the sea!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 755: On Scylla in Bronze.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/640/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 755: On Scylla in Bronze.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/640/.
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