Religion

The Hunter God (Mackail)

by Leonidas of Tarentum fl. early 3rd century BC

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

Religion

Fair fall thy chase, O hunter of hares, and thou fowler who comest pursuing the winged people beneath this double hill; and cry thou to me, Pan, the guardian of the wood from my cliff; I join the chase with both dogs and reeds.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

MLA

Tarentum, Leonidas of. “The Hunter God (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/100/.

Chicago

Tarentum, Leonidas of. “The Hunter God (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/100/.

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