Mythology & Folklore
To certain Fisher-Boys, pleasing him with Ingenious Riddles
Translated by George Chapman (c. 1624) · From Homeric Epigrams (Chapman)
Mythology & Folklore
Yet from the bloods even of your self-like sires
Are you descended, that could make ye heirs
To no huge hoards of coin, nor leave ye able
To feed flocks of innumerable rabble.
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Codex Note
Chapman’s verse version of one of the Homeric epigrams (c. 1624).
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Homer. “To certain Fisher-Boys, pleasing him with Ingenious Riddles.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/35/.
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Homer. “To certain Fisher-Boys, pleasing him with Ingenious Riddles.” Translated by George Chapman. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/35/.
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