Arts & Sciences
Book XIII, 9
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
From Chios, rich in wine, ploughing the Aegean comes many a jar, and many a one that brings us nectar, flower of the Lesbian vine.
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Codex Note
Paton’s metre label: ‘Bacchic pentameter. The epigram is not complete’.
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Callimachus. “Book XIII, 9.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/66/.
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Callimachus. “Book XIII, 9.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/66/.
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