Mythology & Folklore

Book IX, 102: On the Same

by Antonius of Argos date not given by Paton

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)

Mythology & Folklore

I, once the stronghold of sky-mounting Perseus, I, the nurse of the star! so cruel to the sons of Ilium, am left deserted now to be a fold for the goat-herds of the wilderness, and at length the spirit of Priam is avenged on me.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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