History & Politics
Book XVI, 61
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
East and West are the limits of the world, and through both ends of the earth passed the exploits of Nero. The Sun as he rose saw Armenia subdued by his hands and Germany as he went down the sky. Let us sing his double victory in war; Araxes knows it and Rhine, drank now by enslaved peoples.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book XVI, 61.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/48/.
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Mytilene, Crinagoras of. “Book XVI, 61.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/crinagoras/48/.
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