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On a Sleeping Satyr (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Arts & Sciences
This Satyr Diodorus engraved not, but laid to rest; your touch will wake him; the silver is asleep.
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MLA
Plato. “On a Sleeping Satyr (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/31/.
Chicago
Plato. “On a Sleeping Satyr (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/plato/31/.
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