Arts & Sciences
Book XVI, 110: On a Picture of Telephus Wounded
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
This, the irresistible chieftain of Teuthrania; this Telephus who once bathed in blood the terrible host of the Greeks when he filled Mysian Caycus to overflowing with slaughter; this, the champion who faced the spear of Peleus, now bearing hidden deep in his thigh a heavy and deadly wound, wastes away as if his life were leaving him, dragging himself along with his living flesh.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Philostratus (uncertain which). “Book XVI, 110: On a Picture of Telephus Wounded.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philostratus/0/.
Chicago
Philostratus (uncertain which). “Book XVI, 110: On a Picture of Telephus Wounded.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philostratus/0/.