ON A THESSALIAN HOUND
SIMONIDES
Surely even as thou liest dead in this tomb I deem the wild beasts yet fear thy white bones, huntress Lycas; and thy valour great Pelion knows, and splendid Ossa and the lonely peaks of Cithaeron.
The Greek Anthology
From J. W. Mackail, for About.com
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