Palladas
ancient Greek poet
Palladas (fl. 4th century AD) was a Greek poet of the Roman period.
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- Anth. Pal. ix. 489.
- Γραμματικοῦ θυγάτηρ ἔτεκεν φιλότητι μιγεῖσα
παιδίον ἀρσενικόν, θηλυκόν, οὐδέτερον.- A grammarian’s daughter, having known a man, gave birth to a child which was masculine, feminine, and neuter.
- W. R. Paton, Greek Anthology, iii, pp. 272-3.
- THE dominie’s daughter eloped with a suitor,
And the baby was masculine, feminine, neuter.- ["A Question of Gender"] W. S. Marris, The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), p. 655.
- A grammarian’s daughter, having known a man, gave birth to a child which was masculine, feminine, and neuter.
- Anth. Pal. x. 85.
- Πάντες τῷ θανάτῳ τηρούμεθα, καὶ τρεφόμεσθα
ὡς ἀγέλη χοίρων σφαζομένων ἀλόγως.- We are all kept and fed for death, like a herd of swine to be slain without reason.
- W. R. Paton, Greek Anthology, iv, pp. 46-7.
- DEATH’S herd are we, and all the world a sty.
For Death we’re primed and butchered,—god knows why!- T. F. Higham, The Oxford Book of Greek Verse in Translation (1938), p. ?
- We are all kept and fed for death, like a herd of swine to be slain without reason.
