A Century of Greek Epigrams Done Into English Verse
A Century of Greek Epigrams Done Into English Verse
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ON A SAILOR DROWNED IN HARBOUR.
ANTIPATER OF SIDON* M, 158.
GO where you will, the sea is still the sea. Its terrors then we idly strive to flee. Why curse the isles, and Helle's-f* narrow wave ? Why blame the waters which the NeedlesJ lave ? Spite of their ill-repute, I 'scaped them all, And yet was doomed by Scarphe's§ shore to fall. Beneath the waters dark. Then pray who will For a good voyage. But the sea is still The cruel sea. I proved it to my cost. Poor Aristagoras, who here was lost.
*... Flourished at Rome at end of second century B. C.
M. 320.
t I. E. , the Hellespont.
X The O'^fiat, here rendered Needles, rocky islets off the coast of Acarnania, are mentioned by Strabo. . . . They lay at the mouth of the Achelous, where navigation 47 was difficult owing to shifting banks caused by the silt of the river, which came down with a violent stream.
M. 365.
§ Scarphe, a town of the Locri Epicnemidii mentioned by Homer, Strabo says it is ten stadia from the sea.
48 XXXII.
ON A SAILOR DROWNED AT SEA.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
ON A SAILOR DROWNED IN HARBOUR.
ANTIPATER OF SIDON* M, 158.
GO where you will, the sea is still the sea. Its terrors then we idly strive to flee. Why curse the isles, and Helle's-f* narrow wave ? Why blame the waters which the NeedlesJ lave ? Spite of their ill-repute, I 'scaped them all, And yet was doomed by Scarphe's§ shore to fall. Beneath the waters dark. Then pray who will For a good voyage. But the sea is still The cruel sea. I proved it to my cost. Poor Aristagoras, who here was lost.
*... Flourished at Rome at end of second century B. C.
M. 320.
t I. E. , the Hellespont.
X The O'^fiat, here rendered Needles, rocky islets off the coast of Acarnania, are mentioned by Strabo. . . . They lay at the mouth of the Achelous, where navigation 47 was difficult owing to shifting banks caused by the silt of the river, which came down with a violent stream.
M. 365.
§ Scarphe, a town of the Locri Epicnemidii mentioned by Homer, Strabo says it is ten stadia from the sea.
48 XXXII.
ON A SAILOR DROWNED AT SEA.
What to read after A Century of Greek Epigrams Done Into English Verse?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Edward Fry to read onlineMoreLess
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