Living
Book IX, 178
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
I, Rhodes, who once was the Sun’s island, am now Caesar’s, and I boast of equal light from each. Then when I was near extinguished, O Sun, a new ray illuminated me, and Nero’s light shone beside thine. How shall I say to which I owe most? The one brought me to the light from the depths, and the other saved me as I was sinking.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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