Greek Anthology Book I Chapter IV Part V

From J. W. Mackail

XLIII
ON A PICTURE OF A FAUN
AGATHIAS

Untouched, O young Satyr, does thy reed utter a sound, or why leaning sideways dost thou put thine ear to the pipe? He laughs and is silent; yet haply had he spoken a word, but was held in forgetfulness by delight? for the wax did not hinder, but of his own will he welcomed silence, with his whole mind turned intent on the pipe.

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• On a Sleeping Ariadne
• On a Niobe by Praxiteles
• On a Picture of a Faun, Agathias
• On the Heifer of Myron
• On a Sleeping Satyr, Plato
• The Limit of Art, Parrhasius

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