Religion
Epigram LVI (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Religion
To the god of Canopus did Callistion, daughter of Critias, dedicate me—a lamp enriched with twenty nozzles: a vow for her child Apellis. Looking on my light thou wilt say, “Hesperus, how art thou fallen?”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram LVI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/210/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram LVI (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/210/.
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