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Prologue (Mackail)

by Strato of Sardis probably the reign of Hadrian, 2nd century AD (Paton’s date)

Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)

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Seek not on my pages Priam at the altars nor Medea's and Niobe's woes, nor Itys in the hidden chambers, and the nightingales among the leaves; for of all these things former poets wrote abundantly; but mingling with the blithe Graces, sweet Love and the Wine-god; and grave looks become not them.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Sardis, Strato of. “Prologue (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/89/.

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Sardis, Strato of. “Prologue (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/strato/89/.

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