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Book IX, 545: With a copy of Callimachus’ Hecale
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
This chiselled poem is Callimachus’, for in it he let out every reef of his Muse. He sings the hut of hospitable Hecale, and all the labours that Marathon imposed on Theseus. May the young strength of Theseus’ hands be thine, Marcellus, and a life of equal renown.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book IX, 545: With a copy of Callimachus’ Hecale.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/40/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book IX, 545: With a copy of Callimachus’ Hecale.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/40/.
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