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Ecce Mysterium (Mackail)

by Bianor of Bithynia 1st century AD (Paton’s date)

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Living

This man, inconsiderable, mean, yes, a slave, this man is loved, and is lord of another's soul.

MLA

Bithynia, Bianor of. “Ecce Mysterium (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bianor/22/.

Chicago

Bithynia, Bianor of. “Ecce Mysterium (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bianor/22/.

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