Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 236: On a Statue of Priapus
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
Here on the garden wall did Dinomenes set me up, wakeful Priapus, to guard his greens. But look, thief, how excited I am. And is this, you say, all for the sake of a few greens? For the sake of these few.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 236: On a Statue of Priapus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/95/.
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Tarentum, Leonidas of. “Book XVI, 236: On a Statue of Priapus.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-tarentum/95/.
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