Religion
To the Milesian Artemis (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
So I was destined, I also, once to abandon the hateful strife of Ares and hear the maiden choirs around Artemis' temple, where Epixenus placed me when white old age began to waste his limbs.
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Nicias. “To the Milesian Artemis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicias/8/.
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Nicias. “To the Milesian Artemis (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicias/8/.
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