Mythology & Folklore
To the City of Erythræa
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624) · From Homeric Epigrams (Chapman)
Worshipful Earth, Giver of all things good!
Giver of even felicity; whose flood
The mind all-over steeps in honeydew;
That to some men dost infinite kindness shew,
To others that despise thee art a shrew,
And giv’st them gamester’s galls; who, once their main
Lost with an ill chance, fare like abjects slain.
Codex Note
Chapman’s verse version of one of the Homeric epigrams (c. 1624).
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Homer. “To the City of Erythræa.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/27/.
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Homer. “To the City of Erythræa.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/27/.
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