Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 517
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Orpheus charmed beasts and thou charmest Orpheus. Phoebus vanquished the Phrygian, but he yields to thee when thou playest, Glaphyrus—the name?‘suits both thy art and thy person. Athena would never have thrown the flute away had she made such music as thou, master of varied delight. Sleep himself, lying in Pasithea’s arms, would awake if he heard thee.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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