Religion
To the Corn Goddess (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Those handfuls of corn from the furrows of a tiny field, Demeter lover of wheat, Sosicles the tiller dedicates to thee, having reaped now an abundant harvest; but again likewise may he carry back his sickle blunted from shearing of the straw.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “To the Corn Goddess (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/83/.
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Thessalonica, Philippus of. “To the Corn Goddess (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philippus-thessalonica/83/.
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