Nature
Book IX, 628: On the Public Bath at Alexandria called the Horse
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nature
Our blessed sovereign aroused with a golden bit the fair-flowing Horse which long scourging had laid low.
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Codex Note
Headed "Joannes Grammaticus".
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MLA
Barbocallus, Johannes. “Book IX, 628: On the Public Bath at Alexandria called the Horse.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johannes-barbocallus/6/.
Chicago
Barbocallus, Johannes. “Book IX, 628: On the Public Bath at Alexandria called the Horse.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johannes-barbocallus/6/.
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