Religion
To Artemis the Healer (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Huntress and archer, maiden daughter of Zeus and Leto, Artemis to whom are given the recesses of the mountains, this very day send away beyond the North Wind this hateful sickness from the best of kings; for so above thine altars will Philippus offer vapour of frankincense, doing goodly sacrifice of a hill-pasturing boar.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Thessalonica, Philippus of. “To Artemis the Healer (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/82/.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “To Artemis the Healer (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/82/.
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