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Book IX, 407
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nature
The slave-child of Hippocrates, having crept from the neighbouring cottage to the broad edge of the sea, died of drinking more than it had drunk at the breast. Out on thee, Sea, who didst receive the baby as a mother, and didst deceive it !
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 407.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/57/.
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