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Book IX, 391
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
This son of Poseidon and the son of Zeus trained their youthful limbs for stubborn wrestling bouts. The contest is no brazen one for a caldron, but for which shall gain death or life. Antaeus has got the fall, and it was fit that Heracles, the son of Zeus, should win. Wrestling is Argive, not Libyan.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Miletus, Diotimus of. “Book IX, 391.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/diotimus-miletus/8/.
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