History & Politics
Book IX, 297: Probably addressed to Gaius Caesar when sent by Augustus to the East in the year 1 B.C.
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Hie thee to the Euphrates, son of Zeus; already in the East the feet of the Parthians hasten to desert to thee. Hie thee on thy way, O prince, and thou shalt find, Caesar, their bow-strings relaxed by fear. But base all thou dost on thy father’s instructions. The Ocean is Rome’s boundary on every side; be thou the first to seal her domination with the rising Sun.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 297: Probably addressed to Gaius Caesar when sent by Augustus to the East in the year 1 B.C.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/53/.
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Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 297: Probably addressed to Gaius Caesar when sent by Augustus to the East in the year 1 B.C.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/53/.
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