Nature
Epigram 22 (Edmonds)
Translated by J. M. Edmonds (1912) · From The Greek Bucolic Poets (Loeb, 1912)
Nature
This is Peisander of Camirus, the bard of old time who first wrote you of the lion-fighting quick-o -th’-hand son of Zeus and told of all the labours he wrought. That you may know this for certain, the people have made his likeness in bronze and set it here after many months and many years.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram 22 (Edmonds).” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/128/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram 22 (Edmonds).” Translated by J. M. Edmonds. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/128/.
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