Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 247: On a Satyr in Mosaic at Antioch
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
A. All Satyrs are fond of jeering, but tell me, thou too, why, looking at everyone, dost thou pour forth this laughter? B. I laugh because I marvel how, being put together out of all kinds of stones, I suddenly became a Satyr.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Scholasticus, Nilus. “Book XVI, 247: On a Satyr in Mosaic at Antioch.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nilus-scholasticus/0/.
Chicago
Scholasticus, Nilus. “Book XVI, 247: On a Satyr in Mosaic at Antioch.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nilus-scholasticus/0/.