Religion
Book XIV, 96: Another
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Ye inhabitants of Sparta with broad dancing-floors, either your great and renowned city is sacked by the Persians, or this befalls not, but the guard of Lacedaemon shall mourn the death of a king of the house of Heracles. For him, the Persian, neither the might of bulls nor of lions shall arrest, for he hath the strength of Zeus, and I tell you he will not give in before he rend and devour one or the other of these.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 96: Another.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/896/.
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