The Judgment of Animals in Classical Greece: Animal Sculpture and ...

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Anonymous, Anthologia Palatina 7.62 ?
Text and translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., The Greek Anthology II (London and New
York, 1917; repr. 1925).
Ai0ete/, ti/pte be/bhkaj u(pe\r ta&fon h2 ti/noj, ei0pe/,
a)stero&enta qew~n oi]kon a)poskope/eij; —
Yuxh~j ei0mi Pla&twnoj a)poptame/nhj e0j 1Olumpon
ei0kw&n: sw~ma de\ gh~ ghgene\j 0Atqi\j e1xei.
Eagle, why standest thou on the tomb, and on whose, tell me, and
why gazest thou at the starry home of the gods?
I am the image of the soul of Plato that hath flown away to
Olympus, but his earth-born body rests here in Attic earth.
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Anonymous, Anthologia Palatina 7.64 ?
Text and translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., The Greek Anthology II (London and New
York, 1917; repr. 1925).
a. Ei0pe/, ku&on, ti/noj a)ndro_j e0festw_j sh~ma fula&sseij;
b. Tou~ Kuno&j. a. 0Alla_ ti/j h}n ou{toj a)nh_r o( Ku&wn;
b. Dioge/nhj. a. Ge/noj ei0pe/. b. Sinwpeu&j. a. 4Oj pi/qon w| 1kei;
b. Kai\ ma&la: nu~n de\ qanw_n a)ste/raj oi]kon e1xei.
A. “Tell me, dog, who was the man on whose tomb thou standest keeping guard?” B.
“The Dog.” A. “But what man was that, the Dog?” B. “Diogenes.” A. “Of what
country?” B. “Of Sinope.” A. “He who lived in a jar?” B. “Yes, and how he is dead, the
stars are his home.”
Anonymous, Anthologia Palatina
The text and translations of all anonymous epigrams of the Anthologia Palatina referring
to Myron’s cow are taken from the edition of W. R. Paton, ed., tr., The Greek
Anthology III (London and New York, 1915; repr. 1925).
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Anonymous, Anthologia Palatina 9.713 ?
Boi/dio&n ei0mi Mu&rwnoj, e0pi\ sth&lhj d' a)na&keimai.
bouko&le, kenth&saj ei0j a)ge/lhn m' a1page.
I am Myron’s little heifer, set up on a base. Goad
me, herdsman, and drive me off to the herd.
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