Living
Book IX, 319
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
Tlepolemus of Myra, the son of Polycrites, set me up here, Hermes, presiding deity of the course, a pillar to mark the starting point in the holy races of twenty stadia. Toil, ye runners, in the race, banishing soft ease from your knees.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Philoxenus. “Book IX, 319.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/philoxenus/0/.
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Philoxenus. “Book IX, 319.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/philoxenus/0/.