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On a Statue of Medea
οἶκτον ὁμοῦ καὶ λύσσαν ἐτήτυμον ἔνθεος ἀνὴρ
— Paton edition
μαρμάρῳ ἐγκατέμιξε, βιαζομένην δ᾽ ὑπὸ τέχνης
λαϊνέην Μήδειαν ὅλης ἔμνησεν ἀνίης.
The inspired hand infused into the marble both
— Paton edition
pity and fury, and made the stone Medea, under the
empire of his art, remember all her griefs.
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