Mythology & Folklore
Book XIII, 30
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Mythology & Folklore
Sing me, Muse, the son of fair-ankled Alcmene.
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Codex Note
Paton’s metre label: ‘Hexameter, becoming a trochaic tetrameter by shifting the words’.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book XIII, 30.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/55/.
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Ceos, Simonides of. “Book XIII, 30.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/simonides/55/.
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