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Book IX, 709: On the Bronze Statue of the Eurotas by Eutychides
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
The artist moulded Eurotas fresh from his bath of - fire, as if still wet and immersed in his stream. For all his limbs are pliant and liquid as water, and he moves flowingly from his head to the tips of his fingers and toes. Art vied with the river. Who was it that coaxed the bronze statue to riot along more liquidly than water?
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 709: On the Bronze Statue of the Eurotas by Eutychides.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/60/.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “Book IX, 709: On the Bronze Statue of the Eurotas by Eutychides.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/60/.
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