Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 235: On a Statue of Pan
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
I am the country-folk’s god. Why do you shed for me offerings from cups of gold, and pour me out strong Italian wine, and bind to the stone the curved necks of bulls? Spare your pains; I take no pleasure in such sacrifices. I, Pan, the dweller on the mountains, carved from a tree-trunk, am a feaster on mutton, and drink my must from a bowl of clay.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Apollonides. “Book XVI, 235: On a Statue of Pan.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/apollonides/29/.
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Apollonides. “Book XVI, 235: On a Statue of Pan.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/apollonides/29/.
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