Love
Book XV, 38: On the Same
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
I, Cometas, finding the books of Homer corrupt and quite unpunctuated, punctuated them and polished them artistically, throwing away the filth as being useless, and with my hand I rejuvenated what was useful. Hence writers now desire to learn them not erroneously, but as is proper.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Chartularius, Cometas. “Book XV, 38: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cometas-chartularius/4/.
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Chartularius, Cometas. “Book XV, 38: On the Same.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cometas-chartularius/4/.
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