Nature
The Lament of the Swallow (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Nature
Why all day long, hapless maiden daughter of Pandion, soundest thou wailingly through thy twittering mouth? has longing come on thee for thy maidenhead, that Tereus of Thrace ravished from thee by dreadful violence?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Pamphilus. “The Lament of the Swallow (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/pamphilus/2/.
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Pamphilus. “The Lament of the Swallow (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/pamphilus/2/.
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