Arts & Sciences
Epigram XXIII: On His Own Poems (Lang)
Translated by Andrew Lang (1880) · From Theocritus, Bion and Moschus rendered into English Prose (Macmillan, 1889)
Arts & Sciences
The Chian is another man, but I, Theocritus, who wrote these songs, am a Syracusan, a man of the people, being the son of Praxagoras and renowned Philinna. Never laid I claim to any Muse but mine own.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XXIII: On His Own Poems (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/191/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XXIII: On His Own Poems (Lang).” Translated by Andrew Lang. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/191/.
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