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Book VII, Epigram 15 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
What boy is this who stands apart from lanthis' sparkling fount? Is it Hylas, who shuns the Naiad, its mistress? Oh, well that he of Tiryns is worshipped in that grove, and that so nigh he watches the amorous waters! Secure thou, Argynnus, mayst tend this fount: the nymphs will do thee no harm; but ware the god himself!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Martial. “Book VII, Epigram 15 (Ker).” Translated by Walter C. A. Ker. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/martial/906/.
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