Religion
Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Aphrodite (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
This is Cypris,—not she of the people; nay, venerate the goddess by her name—the Heavenly Aphrodite. The statue is the offering of chaste Chrysogone, even in the house of Amphicles, whose children and whose life were hers! And always year by year went well with them, who began each year with thy worship, Lady, for mortals who care for the Immortals have themselves thereby the better fortune.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Aphrodite (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/181/.
Chicago
Theocritus. “Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Aphrodite (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/181/.
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