Nature
Book IX, 225
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nature
Asopis fount and Pegasis are sister springs, the one a:river-god’s gift, the other a horse’s, both gushing forth at a blow of the foot. The horse cut the veins of Helicon, the river those of Acrocorinth. How equally happy the heel’s aim in each case !
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Honestus. “Book IX, 225.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/honestus/3/.
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Honestus. “Book IX, 225.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/honestus/3/.
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