Religion
To the Gods of Sea and Weather (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
O Melicerta son of Ino, and thou, sea-green Leucothea, mistress of Ocean, deity that shieldest from harm, and choirs of the Nereïds, and waves, and thou Poseidon, and Thracian Zephyrus, gentlest of the winds, carry me propitiously, sped through the broad wave, safe to the sweet shore of the Peiraeus.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “To the Gods of Sea and Weather (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/31/.
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Gadara, Philodemus of. “To the Gods of Sea and Weather (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philodemus/31/.
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