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Book IX, 240
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
A ram with crumpled horns was rushing fiercely to butt Calyptra’s little boy, who had strayed from his mother, when the boar of Heracles, breaking his tether, buried his tusks in the ram’s belly and gave the child its life. Is it because he remembers Hera’s cruelty that Heracles pities children of tender age?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 240.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/39/.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 240.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/39/.
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