Living
Book IX, 291: Written after a reverse of the Roman arms in Germany
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nor though Ocean arouses all his floods, not though Germany drinks up the whole Rhine, shall the might of Rome be shaken as long as she remains confident in Caesar’s auspicious guidance. So the holy oaks of Zeus stand firm on their roots, but the wind strips them of the withered leaves.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book IX, 291: Written after a reverse of the Roman arms in Germany.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/32/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book IX, 291: Written after a reverse of the Roman arms in Germany.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/32/.
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