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33<br />

Antipater <strong>of</strong> Sidon, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.723 I B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., <strong>The</strong> Greek Anthology III (London <strong>and</strong> New<br />

York, 1915; repr. 1925).<br />

9A mo&liboj kate/xei me kai\ a( li/qoj: ei3neka d' a2n seu~,<br />

pla&sta Mu&rwn, lwto_n kai\ qru&on e0drepo&man.<br />

<strong>The</strong> lead <strong>and</strong> stone hold me fast, but, otherwise,<br />

thanks to thee, sculptor Myron, I would be nibbl<strong>in</strong>g<br />

lotus <strong>and</strong> rushes.<br />

34<br />

Antipater <strong>of</strong> Sidon, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.724 I B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., <strong>The</strong> Greek Anthology III (London <strong>and</strong> New<br />

York, 1915; repr. 1925).<br />

9A da&malij, doke/w, mukh&setai: h} r(' o( Promhqeu_j<br />

ou)xi\ mo&noj, pla&tteij e1mpnoa kai\ su&, Mu&rwn.<br />

I th<strong>in</strong>k the heifer will low. Of a truth it is not<br />

Prometheus alone who moulds liv<strong>in</strong>g creatures,<br />

but thou too, Myron.<br />

35<br />

Antipater <strong>of</strong> Sidon, Anthologia Palat<strong>in</strong>a 9.728 I B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: W. R. Paton, ed., tr., <strong>The</strong> Greek Anthology III (London <strong>and</strong> New<br />

York, 1915; repr. 1925).<br />

9A da&malij, doke/w, mukh&setai: h2n de\ bradu&nh|,<br />

xalko_j o( mh_ noe/wn ai1tioj, ou)xi\ Mu&rwn.<br />

<strong>The</strong> heifer, I th<strong>in</strong>k, will low, <strong>and</strong> if its delays it<br />

is the fault <strong>of</strong> the senseless bronze, not Myron’s.<br />

36<br />

Aristophanes, Equites 289 V B.C.<br />

Text <strong>and</strong> translation: J. Henderson, ed., tr., Aristophanes. Acharnians. Knights<br />

(Cambridge, Mass. <strong>and</strong> London, 1998).<br />

ALLANTOPWLHS<br />

kunokoph&sw sou to_ nw~ton.<br />

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