Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 746: On a Ring
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Arts & Sciences
This little jasper stone has a seal of seven cows looking like one, and all looking at us as if alive. Perhaps the cows would have run away, but now the little herd is confined in the golden pen.
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Pontus, King Polemo of. “Book IX, 746: On a Ring.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/polemo-pontus/0/.
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Pontus, King Polemo of. “Book IX, 746: On a Ring.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/polemo-pontus/0/.
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