Mythology & Folklore
Of Hyacinthus
Translated by J. M. Edmonds (1912) · From The Greek Bucolic Poets (Loeb, 1912)
Mythology & Folklore
. . . When he beheld thy agony Phoebus was dumb. He sought every remedy, he had recourse to cunning arts, he anointed all the wound, anointed it with ambrosia and with nectar; but all remedies are powerless to heal the wounds of Fate . . .
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Of Hyacinthus.” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/10/.
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Smyrna, Bion of. “Of Hyacinthus.” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bion/10/.
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