Religion
Book VI, 161
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Marcellus, returning from the western war, laden with spoil, to the boundaries of rocky Italy, first shaved his yellow beard. Such was his country’s wish, to send him forth a boy and receive him back a man. singing is the rhythmical tapping of it against the loom by the worker.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book VI, 161.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/3/.
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