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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 THE MASTER-PLAYER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR NEURASTENIA by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON WHOM EARTH HAS TAUGHT: PROSPICENCE by MARGARET PERKINS BRIGGS JUVENTA PERENNIS by THOMAS EDWARD BROWN A BOLD STROKE FOR A WIFE: PROLOGUE by SUSANNA (FREEMAN) CENTLIVRE |
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