Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 225: On a Statue of Pan
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
We might, perhaps, have clearly heard Pan piping, for the sculptor infused breath into the statue, but left resourceless when he saw fickle Echo flying, the god renounced the unavailing voice of the pipe.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Arabius. “Book XVI, 225: On a Statue of Pan.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/arabius-scholasticus/5/.
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Scholasticus, Arabius. “Book XVI, 225: On a Statue of Pan.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/arabius-scholasticus/5/.
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