Mythology & Folklore
Against the Samian Ministress or Nun
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624) · From Homeric Epigrams (Chapman)
Mythology & Folklore
Hear me, O Goddess, that invoke thine ear,
Thou that dost feed and form the youthful year,
And grant that this dame may the loves refuse,
And beds, of young men, and affect to use
Humans whose temples hoary hairs distain,
Whose pow’rs are passing coy, whose wills would fain.
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Codex Note
Chapman’s verse version of one of the Homeric epigrams (c. 1624).
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Homer. “Against the Samian Ministress or Nun.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/31/.
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Homer. “Against the Samian Ministress or Nun.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/31/.
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