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Book IX, 267
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Sailing of late on the Icarian sea, Damis, the son of Nicaretus, slipped from the deck and fell into the sea. Sore did his father pray to the immortals, and call on the water, beseeching the waves for his son. But, devoured by the sea, he perished miserably. That is a sea that of old, too, was deaf to a father’s prayers.’
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 267.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/45/.
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