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Pamphilus of Alexandria (Greek: Πάμφιλος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; Latin: Pamphilus Alexandrinus; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek grammarian, of the school of Aristarchus of Samothrace.
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“Why all day long, Pandion's ill-starred child,
Dost twitter mournfully? Is this thy plaint
Grief which thou feelest that thou wert defiled
By Thracian Tereus, using dire constraint?”
Dost twitter mournfully? Is this thy plaint
Grief which thou feelest that thou wert defiled
By Thracian Tereus, using dire constraint?”
“No more on fresh green twigs thou'lt sit a-swinging,—
No more with sweet and penetrative strain,
Noisy Cicada, shall we hear thee singing,
For a child’s hand hath caught thee and hath slain.”
No more with sweet and penetrative strain,
Noisy Cicada, shall we hear thee singing,
For a child’s hand hath caught thee and hath slain.”
“All day I heard your high heart-broken laughter,
Swallow, and, hearing, cried, ‘Is there no place
Or time when you forget, Pandîon’s daughter,
Your maidenhood, and Têreus, King of Thrace?’”
Swallow, and, hearing, cried, ‘Is there no place
Or time when you forget, Pandîon’s daughter,
Your maidenhood, and Têreus, King of Thrace?’”
“No longer perched on the green leaves dost thou shed abroad thy sweet call, for as thou wast singing, noisy cicada, a foolish boy with outstretched hand slew thee.
• W. R. Paton, tr., The Greek Anthology, ii, p. 115”
• W. R. Paton, tr., The Greek Anthology, ii, p. 115”
“Why, unhappy daughter of Pandion, dost thou mourn all day long, uttering thy twittering note? Is it that regret is come upon thee for thy maidenhead, which Thracian Tereus took from thee by dreadful force?
• W. R. Paton, tr., The Greek Anthology, iii, p. 31”
• W. R. Paton, tr., The Greek Anthology, iii, p. 31”
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“Earth brought thee forth and ocean was thy tomb, Ere yet thou shared’st the mansions of the blest: For a brief space was Pluto’s house thy home. Not conquered by the waves thou sank to rest, O Pamphilus, but would’st thy glory shed O’er all the dwellings of the undying dead.”
About Pamphilus of Alexandria
Pamphilus of Alexandria (Greek: Πάμφιλος ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; Latin: Pamphilus Alexandrinus; fl. 1st century AD) was a Greek grammarian, of the school of Aristarchus of Samothrace.