Arts & Sciences
Book XV, 18: On a Draught-Board
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
Thy bones, O Palamedes, should have been sawn up and made into instruments of the art that is derived from war. For being in the wars thou didst invent another war, the war of friends on a wooden field.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XV, 18: On a Draught-Board.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/925/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XV, 18: On a Draught-Board.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/925/.
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