Far from my land
Leonidas, Greek Anthology VII 657
Far from my land, Italy, I stay,
from my home-town, Tarentum.
That is more bitter than death,
the wanderer’s vain life.
But the Muses have loved me
and in return of my suffering
have given me honey sweetness.
Leonidas’ name is not dead.
The Muses’ gifts hand it down
forever.
[lang_it]L'autoconsapevolezza di un poeta (Leonida, 320-260 a.C. circa): di fronte ad una vita piena di sventure, il dono del canto e l'immortalità della poesia. Leonidas of Tarentum lived between the 4th and the 3rd century B.C. In this poem the awareness that his own poetry is immortal.
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