Love
The Quest of Pan (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Love
Nymphs, tell me true when I inquire if Daphnis passing by rested his white kids here.--Yes, yes, piping Pan, and carved in the bark of yonder poplar a letter to say to thee, "Pan, Pan, come to Malea, to the Psophidian mount; I will be there."--Farewell, Nymphs, I go.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Nicopolis, Glaucus of. “The Quest of Pan (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/glaucus/5/.
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Nicopolis, Glaucus of. “The Quest of Pan (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/glaucus/5/.
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