Death & Dying
Epigram 23: O’er Cretan hills a virgin chane’d to stray
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
Death & Dying
O’er Cretan hills a virgin chane’d to stray,
And bore the swain Astacides away,
“To Dicte’s wood his instant flight compels,
Where under rustling oaks a priest he dwells :
Ye shepherds, cease to sing in Daphne’s praise ;
To fam’d Astacides your voices raise.
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MLA
Callimachus. “Epigram 23: O’er Cretan hills a virgin chane’d to stray.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/117/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 23: O’er Cretan hills a virgin chane’d to stray.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/117/.
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