Relationships
Father and Mother (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Artemis, to thee the son of Cichesias dedicates his shoes, and Themostodice the strait folds of her gown, because thou didst graciously hold thy two hands over her in childbed, coming, O our Lady, without thy bow. And do thou, O Artemis, grant yet to Leon to see his infant child a sturdy-limbed boy.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Phaedimus. “Father and Mother (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedimus/5/.
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Phaedimus. “Father and Mother (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/phaedimus/5/.
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