Social Commentaries
Cinyras the Cilician (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
All Cilicians are bad men; among the Cilicians there is one good man, Cinyras, and Cinyras is a Cilician.
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MLA
Demodocus. “Cinyras the Cilician (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/demodocus/4/.
Chicago
Demodocus. “Cinyras the Cilician (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/demodocus/4/.
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