Religion
To Zeus of Scheria (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Though the terror of those who pray, and the thanks of those who have prayed, ever fill thine ears with myriad voice, O Zeus, who abidest in the holy plain of Scheria, yet hearken to us also, and bow down with a promise that lies not, that my exile now may have an end, and I may live in my native land at rest from labour of long journeys.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Sardis, Julius Polyaenus of. “To Zeus of Scheria (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/julius-polyaenus/4/.
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Sardis, Julius Polyaenus of. “To Zeus of Scheria (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/julius-polyaenus/4/.
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