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.
ἤπαφε καὶ σὲ μύωπα Μύρων, ὅτι κέντρον ἐρείδεις
— Paton edition
πλευραῖς χαλκοχύτοις ἀντιτύποιο βοός.
οὐ νέμεσις δὲ μύωπι: τί γὰρ τόσον; εἴ γε καὶ αὐτοὺς
ὀφθαλμοὺς νομέων ἠπερόπευσε Μύρων.
Myron deceived thee too, gadfly, that thou plungest
— Paton edition
thy sting into the hard flanks of the bronze cow.
But the gadfly is excusable. What wonder ! when
Myron deceived even the eyes of the herdsmen.
Myron deceived thee too, gadfly, that thou plungest
— Paton edition
thy sting into the hard flanks of the bronze cow.
But the gadfly is excusable. What wonder ! when
Myron deceived even the eyes of the herdsmen.
ἤπαφε καὶ σὲ μύωπα Μύρων, ὅτι κέντρον ἐρείδεις
— Paton edition
πλευραῖς χαλκοχύτοις ἀντιτύποιο βοός.
οὐ νέμεσις δὲ μύωπι: τί γὰρ τόσον; εἴ γε καὶ αὐτοὺς
ὀφθαλμοὺς νομέων ἠπερόπευσε Μύρων.
Epigram 9.739: Creation of Scholium 9.739.1 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.739: Addition of Manuscript 7970 by “epheline”
Epigram 9.739: First revision
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