Religion

To Priapus of the Shore (Mackail)

by Maecius 1st century AD

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

Religion

Priapus of the seashore, the trawlers lay before thee these gifts by the grace of thine aid from the promontory, having imprisoned a tunny shoal in their nets of spun hemp in the green sea-entrances: a beechen cup and a rude stool of heath and a glass cup holding wine, that thou mayest rest thy foot weary and cramped with dancing while thou chasest away the dry thirst.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Maecius. “To Priapus of the Shore (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/maecius/12/.

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Maecius. “To Priapus of the Shore (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/maecius/12/.

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