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

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Kai\ xalkh~ per e0ou~sa la&lhsen a2n a( kerah_ bou~j,<br />

ei1 oi9 spla&gxna Mu&rwn e1ndon e0texna&sato.<br />

<strong>The</strong> horned cow would have spoken, though<br />

made <strong>of</strong> bronze, if Myron had worked entrails <strong>in</strong>side it.<br />

22<br />

Anonymous, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.729 ?<br />

Phkto&n moi/ tij a1rotron e0p' au)xe/ni kai\ zuga_ qe/sqw,<br />

ei3neka ga_r te/xnaj sei=o, Mu&rwn, a)ro&sw.<br />

Let someone attach me to the solid plough <strong>and</strong><br />

put a yoke on my neck, for as far as depends on<br />

thy art, Myron, I will plough.<br />

23<br />

Anonymous, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.731 ?<br />

[Wde Mu&rwn m' e1sthse to_ boi/dion: oi9 de\ nomh~ej<br />

ba&llousi/n me li/qoij w(j a)poleipo&menon.<br />

Myron placed me the heifer, here, but the herds-<br />

men throw stones at me th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g I have strayed.<br />

24<br />

Anonymous, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.733 ?<br />

Ta_n bou~n ta&nde Mu&rwn, cei=n', e1plasen, a4n o3de mo&sxoj<br />

w(j zw~san sai/nei, mate/ra derko&menoj.<br />

Stranger, it was Myron who moulded this cow, on which this calf<br />

fawns as if it were alive, tak<strong>in</strong>g it for its mother.<br />

25<br />

Anonymous, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.735 ?<br />

Sei=o, Mu&rwn, dama&lei paraka&tqane mo&sxoj a)laqei\j<br />

kai\ ga&la pisteu&wn xalko_n e1swqen e1xe<strong>in</strong>.<br />

A calf died beside thy heifer, Myron, deceived<br />

<strong>in</strong>to th<strong>in</strong>k<strong>in</strong>g that the bronze had milk <strong>in</strong>side.<br />

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