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Book XVI, 284: On another Picture of a Dancing Girl in the Sosthenion
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
I am Helladia of Byzantium, and here I stand where the people in spring celebrate the dance, here where the land is divided by the strait; for both continents praised my dancing.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XVI, 284: On another Picture of a Dancing Girl in the Sosthenion.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/152/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XVI, 284: On another Picture of a Dancing Girl in the Sosthenion.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/152/.
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