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Epigram 53: Thus Micus chose to reimburse
Translated by H. W. Tytler (1793; Bohn 1856) · From Works of Callimachus (Tytler, 1793)
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Thus Micus chose to reimburse
Old Phrygian Aschra, once his nurse:
Alive the dame on dainties fed ;
He plac’d an image o’er her dead ;
That late posterity may know
What kindness we to nurses owe.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 53: Thus Micus chose to reimburse.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/147/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram 53: Thus Micus chose to reimburse.” Translated by H. W. Tytler. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/147/.
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