Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 15 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
That which was the highest glory of thy renown, Meleager, how small a part is it of Carpophorus' fame, a stricken boar! He plunged his hunter's spear also in a headlong-rushing bear, the king of beasts beneath the cope of Arctic skies; and he laid low a lion, magnificent, of bulk unknown before, one worthy of Hercules' might; and with a far-dealt wound stretched in death a rushing pard. He won the prize of honour; yet unbroken still was his strength.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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