Epigram 9.724 — Anthologia Graeca

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urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.ag:9.724

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April 20, 2021

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June 4, 2021

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713-742 are all on Myron's celebrated Statue of a Heifer. It stood originally in the Agora at Athens, but was transferred to the Temple of Peace at Rome.

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ἁ μόλιβος κατέχει με καὶ ἁ λίθος: εἵνεκα δ᾽ ἂν σεῦ,
πλάστα Μύρων, λωτὸν καὶ θρύον ἐδρεπόμαν.
— Paton edition

I think the heifer will low. Of a truth it is not
Prometheus alone who moulds living creatures, but
thou too, Myron.
— Paton edition

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Antipater of Sidon eng Antípatro de Sidón spa Antipatros de Sidon fra Antipatro di Sidone ita Antipater Sidonius lat Antípatro de Sídon por Ἀντίπατρος Σιδώνιος grc

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Prometheus eng

Famous or historical characters (eng)

Myron fra Mirón spa Mirone ita Míron por Myron eng Myron lat

Scholium

Scholium 9.724.1

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[2023-03-06 16:15 UTC] Epigram 9.724: Creation of Scholium 9.724.1 by “epheline”

[2023-03-06 16:14 UTC] Epigram 9.724: Addition of Manuscript 7938 by “epheline”

[2021-11-21 22:03 UTC] Epigram 9.724: First revision

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