Religion
Epigram XII: The Offering of Demoteles (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
’twas Demoteles the choregus, O Dionysus, who dedicated this tripod, and this statue of thee, the dearest of the blessed gods. No great fame he won when he gave a chorus of boys, but with a chorus of men he bore off the victory, for he knew what was fair and what was seemly.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram XII: The Offering of Demoteles (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/180/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XII: The Offering of Demoteles (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/180/.
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