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Book IX, 40: On the Shield of one Anaximenes
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Nor only in combats and in the battle din do I protect the spirit of valiant Anaximenes; but in the sea, too, when the waves broke up his ship, I was a shield to save him, clinging to me in swimming as if I were a plank. On sea and land alike I am his hope and stay, having saved my bold master from two different deaths.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Thasos, Zosimus of. “Book IX, 40: On the Shield of one Anaximenes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/zosimus-thasos/0/.
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Thasos, Zosimus of. “Book IX, 40: On the Shield of one Anaximenes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/zosimus-thasos/0/.