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Apollo and Marsyas (2) (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Thou hangest high where the winds lash thy wild body, O wretched one, swinging from a shaggy pine; thou hangest high, for thou didst stand up to strife against Phoebus, O Satyr, dweller on the cliff of Celaenae; and we nymphs shall no longer as before hear the honey-sounding cry of thy flute on the Phrygian hills.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Archias. “Apollo and Marsyas (2) (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/archias/29/.
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Archias. “Apollo and Marsyas (2) (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/archias/29/.
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