{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/texts/8549/?format=json","language":{"code":"eng","iso_name":"English","url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/languages/eng/?format=json"},"edition":{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/editions/1/?format=json","descriptions":[{"url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/descriptions/424/?format=json","language":{"code":"eng","iso_name":"English","url":"https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/languages/eng/?format=json"},"created_at":"2021-05-06T21:10:04.033306Z","updated_at":"2021-05-06T21:10:04.033317Z","description":"Paton edition"}],"edition_type":0,"metadata":{},"created_at":"2021-04-08T21:27:25.406000Z","updated_at":"2021-04-08T21:27:25.406000Z"},"unique_id":99998922,"created_at":"2021-07-14T15:19:59.184589Z","updated_at":"2021-07-14T15:19:59.184599Z","validation":0,"status":1,"text":"Sardis, once the city of Gyges and Alyattes ; Sardis,\r\nwho wast for the great king a second Persia in\r\nAnatolia ; thou who didst build thee of old time a\r\nhall of golden bricks, winning wealth from the stream\r\nof Pactolus ; now, ill-fated city, enveloped all of\r\nthee in one disaster, thou hast fallen headlong into\r\nthe depths, swallowed by the fathomless cavern.¹\r\nBura and Helice² too were engulfed by the sea, but\r\nthou, Sardis, the inland city, hast met with the same\r\nend as these which rest in the deep.","comments":[],"alignments":[],"passages":["https://anthologiagraeca.org/api/passages/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg7000.tlg001.ag:9.423/?format=json"]}