Mythology & Folklore
Book XIII, 5
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
(1) I conquered in the stadion. (2) And I in wrestling, (3) And I in the pentathlon. (4) And I in boxing. And who art thou? (1) Timodemus. (2) And I Cres. (3) And I Crethus. (4) And I Diocles. And who was thy father? (1) Cleinus. (2), (3), and (4) And ours too. And where didst thou win? (1) At Isthmus. And thou where? (2) In the Nemean grove and by the home of Hera.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Paton’s metre label: ‘Iambic trimeters with the last syllable missing’.
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