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Book IX, 231
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
I am a dry plane-tree covered by the vine that climbs over me; and JI, who once fed clusters from my own branches, and was no less leafy than this vine, now am clothed in the glory of foliage not my own. Such a mistress let a man cherish who, unlike her kind, knows how to requite him even when he is dead.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 231.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/46/.
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