Living
Book IX, 344
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
(This and the folloning ones are Isopsephe.) Ture was a time when I gave pleasure to myself alone by lines, and was not known at all to noble Romans. But now I am beloved by all, for late in life I recognised how far Calliope excels Urania.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book IX, 344.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/15/.
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