Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 190: On a Statue of Hermes
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
Moricus the goatherd set me up, Hermes the overseer, to be the approved guardian of his fold. But, ye nannies who have taken your fill of green herbage on the mountains, heed not now at all the ravening wolf.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 190: On a Statue of Hermes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/93/.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 190: On a Statue of Hermes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/93/.
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