Greek Anthology Book I Chapter XI Part II

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XI
THE ANT BY THE THRESHING FLOOR
ANTIPATER OF SIDON

Here to thee by the threshing floor, O toiling worker ant, I rear a memorial to thee of a thirsty clod, that even in death the ear- nurturing furrow of Demeter may lull thee as thou liest in thy rustic cell.

• Death - The Ant By the Threshing Floor, Antipater of Sidon
• The Tame Partridge, Simmias
• The Silent Singing Bird, Tymnes
• The Fields of Persephone, Aristodicus
• The Disconsolate Shepherd, Theocritus
• Lambo the Hound, Antipater of Sidon
• Storm on the Hills, Diotimus
• A Wet Night, Antipater of Sidon
• Far From Home, Tymnes
• Death at Sea, Simonides