THE DISTAFF
IDYLL XXIX.
LOVES
IDYLL XXX.
THE DEATH OF ADONIS
IDYLL XXXI.
LOVES
FRAGMENT FROM THE "BERENICE"
EPIGRAMS AND EPITAPHS:--
I.--VI.
VII.--FOR A STATUE OF AESCULAPIUS
VIII.--ORTHO'S EPITAPH
IX.--EPITAPH OF CLEONICUS
X.--FOR A STATUE OF THE MUSES
XI.--EPITAPH OF EUSTHENES
XII.--FOR A TRIPOD ERECTED BY DAMOTELES TO BACCHUS
XIII.--FOR A STATUE OF ANACREON
XIV.--EPITAPH OF EURYMEDON
XV.--ANOTHER
XVI.--FOR A STATUE OF THE HEAVENLY APHRODITE
XVII.--To EPICHARMUS
XVIII.--EPITAPH OF CLEITA, NURSE OF MEDEIUS
XIX.--TO ARCHILOCHUS
XX.--UNDER A STATUE OF PEISANDER
XXI.--EPITAPH OF HIPPONAX
XXII.--ON HIS OWN BOOK
IDYLL I.
The Death of Daphnis.
_THYRSIS. A GOATHERD._
THYRSIS.
Sweet are the whispers of yon pine that makes
Low music o'er the spring, and, Goatherd, sweet
Thy piping; second thou to Pan alone.
Is his the horned ram? then thine the goat.
Is his the goat? to thee shall fall the kid;
And toothsome is the flesh of unmilked kids.
GOATHERD.
Shepherd, thy lay is as the noise of streams
Falling and falling aye from yon tall crag.
If for their meed the Muses claim the ewe,
Be thine the stall-fed lamb; or if they choose
The lamb, take thou the scarce less-valued ewe.
THYRSIS.
Pray, by the Nymphs, pray, Goatherd, seat thee here
Against this hill-slope in the tamarisk shade,
And pipe me somewhat, while I guard thy goats.
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