Arts & Sciences
Book XVI, 19a
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Away with you from Greece, ye scholars of Aristarchus; take flight over the broad back of the sea, more fearful than the brown antelope, ye who buzz in corners and talk of monosyllables, whose business is “sphin” and “sphoin” and “min” and “nin.” Let these things be yours, ye fretful men, but may Hellas and divine Babylon ever remain for Herodicus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Babylon, Herodicus of. “Book XVI, 19a.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herodicus/0/.
Chicago
Babylon, Herodicus of. “Book XVI, 19a.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herodicus/0/.