Nature
Book IX, 484
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nature
Odysseus once, when sailing on the sea, received as a gift a bag of winds—a very valuable thing. But this my Aeolus of the windy heart sends me a fowl stuffed with wind. You send me winged winds, my friend, yes wind, and I can’t eat compressed air.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book IX, 484.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/44/.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book IX, 484.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/44/.
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