Nature
Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Anacreon
Translated by C. S. Calverley (1869) · From Epigrams and Epitaphs
Nature
This statue, stranger, scan with earnest gaze;
And, home returning, say "I have beheld
Anacreon, in Teos; him whose lays
Were all unmatched among our sires of eld."
Say further: "Youth and beauty pleased him best;"
And all the man will fairly stand exprest.
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MLA
Theocritus. “Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Anacreon.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/43/.
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Theocritus. “Epigram XIII: For a Statue of Anacreon.” Translated by C. S. Calverley. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/theocritus/43/.
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