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On the Greatness of Homer

Anthologia Palatina 9.24 = Leonidas of Tarentum (320-260 BCE)

The fiery sun, whirling its axis,
Dulls the stars and the moon’s holy circles;
Just so Homer has plunged into night
All the songsmiths in a mass,
Holding high the Muses’ brightest light.

ἄστρα μὲν ἠμαύρωσε καὶ ἱερὰ κύκλα σελήνης
ἄξονα δινήσας ἔμπυρος ἠέλιος:
ὑμνοπόλους δ᾽ ἀγεληδὸν ἀπημάλδυνεν Ὅμηρος,
λαμπρότατον Μουσῶν φέγγος ἀνασχόμενος.

Homer, Girolamo Troppa, between 1665 and 1668

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The Lion of Chaeronea@lionofchaeronea
Wed, 06 Apr 2022 05:14:28

Death of a Bird-Catcher

Anthologia Palatina 7.171 = Mnasalces of Sicyon (3rd cent. BCE)

Here, too, the sacred bird will rest his swift wing,
Perched atop this sweet plane-tree:
For Poemandrus the Melian has died – he comes no longer
After smearing his fowling-twigs with bird-lime.

Ἀμπαύσει καὶ τῇδε θοὸν πτερὸν ἱερὸς ὄρνις,
τᾶσδ᾽ ὑπὲρ ἁδείας ἑζόμενος πλατάνου:
ὤλετο γὰρ Ποίμανδρος ὁ Μάλιος, οὐδ᾽ ἔτι νεῖται
ἰξὸν ἐπ᾽ ἀγρευταῖς χευάμενος καλάμοις.

The Bird-Catchers, François Boucher, 1748

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The Lion of Chaeronea@lionofchaeronea
Mon, 02 May 2022 09:52:06
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