Time & Brevity
The Vine's Revenge (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Time & Brevity
Though thou devour me down to the root, yet still will I bear so much fruit as will serve to pour libation on thee, O goat, when thou art sacrificed.
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MLA
Ascalon, Evenus of. “The Vine's Revenge (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/evenus-ascalon/8/.
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Ascalon, Evenus of. “The Vine's Revenge (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/evenus-ascalon/8/.
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