Arts & Sciences
Rhintho (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Arts & Sciences
With a ringing laugh, and a friendly word over me do thou pass by; I am Rhintho of Syracuse, a small nightingale of the Muses; but from our tragical mirth we plucked an ivy of our own.
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Nossis. “Rhintho (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nossis/13/.
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Nossis. “Rhintho (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nossis/13/.
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