History & Politics
Book XVI, 39: On a Portrait of Longinus the Prefect in Byzantium
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
The Nile, Persia, the Iberian, the Lycians, the West, Armenia, the Indians, the Colchians near the crags of Caucasus, and the burning plains of the widely-scattered Arabians, are witnesses to the rapidly executed labours of Longinus; and as he was on his journeys a swift minister of the Emperor, so likewise was he swift in giving us peace which had lain in hiding.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Arabius. “Book XVI, 39: On a Portrait of Longinus the Prefect in Byzantium.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/arabius-scholasticus/1/.
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Scholasticus, Arabius. “Book XVI, 39: On a Portrait of Longinus the Prefect in Byzantium.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/arabius-scholasticus/1/.
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