Death & Dying
Book VII, 34: On Pindar
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. II, 1917)
Death & Dying
This earth holds Pindar, the Pierian trumpet, the heavily smiting smith of well-outlined hymns, whose melody when thou hearest thou wouldst exclaim that a swarm of bees from the Muses fashioned it in the bridal chamber of Cadmus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 34: On Pindar.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/18/.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book VII, 34: On Pindar.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/18/.
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