aegialeis

Updated: May 19, 2025

Methinks that none of the Aegialeis had the hardihood for this deed save thyself; nay, the hide of the beast that covers thy sides doth clearly proclaim the mighty deed of thy hands. But come now, hero, tell thou me first, that truly I may know, whether my foreboding be right or wrong, if thou art that man of whom the Achaean from Helice spake in our hearing, and if I read thee aright.

of Phlossa near Smyrna Bion - Theocritus Bion and Moschus Rendered into English Prose