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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AMPHIPOLIS, by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA Poet's Biography First Line: On strymon built and hellespontus wide Last Line: Art as a rag of purple, flung on either shore. Alternate Author Name(s): Antipatros Of Thessalonika | |||
ON Strymon built and Hellespontus wide Amphipolis, Edonian Phyllis' mound! The wrecks of Dian's temple still abide; The waters run that armies fought around; But thou, for whom Athenians strove so sore Art as a rag of purple, flung on either shore. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DROWNED IN HARBOUR by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA GREEK POETESSES by ANTIPATER OF THESSALONICA HOLES BORED IN A WORKBAG BY THE SCISSORS by MARIANNE MOORE THE AUTHOR TO HER BOOK by ANNE BRADSTREET THE HAUNTED PALACE by EDGAR ALLAN POE THE LONG HILL by SARA TEASDALE PEGGIE'S CHARMS by ROBERT BURNS THE LITTLE ONES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON OLNEY HYMNS: 48. THE HIDDEN LIFE by WILLIAM COWPER SCANDAL by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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