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Book XIV, 31: Enigma
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Write the second mother of wine and add an article to the article: you see him whose fatherland was her father’s wife.
Codex Note
Answer: Homer. μηρός = the thigh (of Zeus), from which Dionysus was born a second time. Smyrna, Homer’s city, is identified with Myrrha (both the forms mean “myrrh”), who committed incest with her father Cinyras.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 31: Enigma.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/832/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 31: Enigma.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/832/.
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