Religion
To Pan and the Nymphs (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
To Pan the bristly-haired, and the Nymphs of the farm-yard, Theodotus the shepherd laid this gift under the crag, because they stayed him when very weary under the parching summer, stretching out to him honey-sweet water in their hands.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anyte. “To Pan and the Nymphs (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anyte/21/.
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Anyte. “To Pan and the Nymphs (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anyte/21/.
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