Living
Book X, 1
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
It is the season for sailing ; already the chattering swallow has come, and the pleasant Zephyr, and the meadows bloom, and the sea with its boiling waves lashed by the rough winds has sunk to silence. Weigh the anchors and loose the hawsers, mariner, and sail with every stitch of canvas set. This, O man, I, Priapus, the god of the harbour, bid thee do that thou mayst sail for all kinds of merchandise.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Headed “Leonidas”; Paton’s Index of Authors gives Leonidas of Tarentum.
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