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Epigram VI
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914) · From Homerica (Loeb, 1914)
Hear me, Poseidon, strong shaker of the earth, ruler of wide-spread, tawny Helicon! Give a fair wind and sight of safe return to the shipmen who speed and govern this ship. And grant that when I come to the nether slopes of towering Mimas I may find honourable, god-fearing men. Also may I avenge me on the wretch who deceived me and grieved Zeus the lord of guests and his own guest-table.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Attributed to Homer in antiquity.
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Homer. “Epigram VI.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/6/.
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Homer. “Epigram VI.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/6/.
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