Nature
Book IX, 603
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
These five votaries of Dionysus the Saviour are entering upon the rapid dance. One lifts on high the body of a grim lion, another an antlered Arcadian stag, a third a bird with lovely plumage, a fourth a kettle-drum, and the fifth a heavy brazen clapper. All are frenzied and distraught by the bacchic fury of the god.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Book IX, 603.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/61/.
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