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Book IX, 406: On a figure of a Frog placed in a Crater
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
I am a frog, now no longer croaking continually, placed under the shower of wine from the silver spout. I lie in the water, whose friend I am, but no enemy to Bacchus, and I am washed by the drops of both. Too late in life I went revelling to Dionysus. Alas for those who drink water: they are mad but with a temperate madness !
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Carystus, Antigonus of. “Book IX, 406: On a figure of a Frog placed in a Crater.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antigonus-carystus/0/.
Chicago
Carystus, Antigonus of. “Book IX, 406: On a figure of a Frog placed in a Crater.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antigonus-carystus/0/.