Death & Dying
Lampo the Hound (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Thirst slew hunter Lampo, Midas' dog, though he toiled hard for his life; for he dug with his paws in the moist flat, but the slow water made no haste out of her blind spring, and he fell in despair; then the water gushed out. Ah surely, Nymphs, you laid on Lampo your wrath for the slain deer.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Lampo the Hound (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/95/.
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Sidon, Antipater of. “Lampo the Hound (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-sidon/95/.
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