Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 24
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Arts & Sciences
As the burning sun, rolling his chariot-wheels, dims the stars and the holy circle of the moon, so Homer, holding on high the Muses’ brightest torch, makes faint the glory of all the flock of singers.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book IX, 24.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/77/.
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