Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 557
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Tarsus, Cilician city, the runner Aries, son of Menecles, does not disgrace even Perseus, thy founder. Such are the boy’s winged feet that not even Perseus would have shown him his back in the race. The youth is seen only at the start and the finish, never in the middle of the course.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 557.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/68/.
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Thessalonica, Antipater of. “Book IX, 557.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antipater-thessalonica/68/.
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