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εἰ κύκνῳ δύναται κόρυδος παραπλήσιον ᾄδειν
— Paton edition
τολμῷεν δ᾽ ἐρίσαι σκῶπες ἀηδονίσιν,
εἰ κόκκυξ τέττιγος ἐρεῖ λιγυρώτερος εἶναι,
ἶσα ποεῖν καὶ ἐγὼ Παλλαδίῳ δύναμαι.
If a lark can sing like a swan and if owls dare
— Paton edition
compete with nightingales, if a cuckoo asserts he is
more sweet-voiced than a cicada, then I too can
equal Palladius.
If a lark can sing like a swan and if owls dare
— Paton edition
compete with nightingales, if a cuckoo asserts he is
more sweet-voiced than a cicada, then I too can
equal Palladius.
εἰ κύκνῳ δύναται κόρυδος παραπλήσιον ᾄδειν
— Paton edition
τολμῷεν δ᾽ ἐρίσαι σκῶπες ἀηδονίσιν,
εἰ κόκκυξ τέττιγος ἐρεῖ λιγυρώτερος εἶναι,
ἶσα ποεῖν καὶ ἐγὼ Παλλαδίῳ δύναμαι.
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