Living
Book IX, 336
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
I, the hero who guard the stable of Aeetion of Amphipolis, stand here, small myself and in a small porch, carrying nothing but a wriggling snake and a sword. Having lost his temper with .... he did not give me a mount either when he put me ‘up beside him.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Book IX, 336.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/48/.
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Callimachus. “Book IX, 336.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/48/.
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