Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Anthologia Palatina 6.177 (Theocritus)

Δάφνις ὁ λευκόχρως, ὁ καλᾶι σύριγγι μελίσδων
βουκολικοὺς ὕμνους, ἄνθετο Πανὶ τάδε,
τοὺς τρητοὺς δόνακας, τὸ λαγωβόλον, ὀξὺν ἄκοντα,
νεβρίδα, τὰν πήραν ἆι ποκ’ ἐμαλοφόρει.


“Fair-skinned Daphnis, singing bucolic songs on his
lovely pipes, dedicated the following to Pan:
the pierced reeds, the shepherd’s staff, the sharp spear,
the fawnskin, the sack for carrying apples.”

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