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Book IX, 83
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
The dolphins, the fish-eating dogs of the sea, were sporting round the ship as she moved rapidly on her course. A boar-hound, taking them for game, dashed, poor fellow, into the sea, as he would have dashed on land. He perished for the sake of a chase that was strange to him; for not all dogs are light of foot in the sea.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 83.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/34/.
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