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Book IX, 779: On the Base of the Sun-dial in the Arch of the Basilica
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Look, Light of Freedom, on this gift of our emperor Justin, the tyrannicide, and his wife Sophia, this skilled bronze indicator of the hours from one to twelve. It had been stolen, and Julianus the Praetorian Prefect recovered it with incorruptible hands.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 779: On the Base of the Sun-dial in the Arch of the Basilica.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/644/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 779: On the Base of the Sun-dial in the Arch of the Basilica.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/644/.
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