Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 753: On a Crystal enclosing Water
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Arts & Sciences
The snow-white crystal, fashioned by the hand of man, showed the variegated image of the perfect universe, the heaven,?clasping within it the deepvoiced sea.
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Claudianus. “Book IX, 753: On a Crystal enclosing Water.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/claudianus/2/.
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Claudianus. “Book IX, 753: On a Crystal enclosing Water.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/claudianus/2/.
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