Nature
Epigram XII: For a Tripod Erected by Damoteles to Bacchus
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
The precentor Damoteles, Bacchus, exalts
Your tripod, and, sweetest of deities, you.
He was champion of men, if his boyhood had faults;
And he ever loved honour and seemliness too.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XII: For a Tripod Erected by Damoteles to Bacchus.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/42/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XII: For a Tripod Erected by Damoteles to Bacchus.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/42/.
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