Living Poets

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ΚΡΙΤΥΛΛΑ

ἐμοὶ γὰρ {{#lemma: ἁνὴρ | ἁνὴρ Brunck : ἀνὴρ M}} ἀπέθανεν μὲν ἐν Κύπρωι<br>
παιδάρια πέντε καταλιπών, ἁγὼ μόλις<br>
στεφανηποκοῦσ’ ἔβοσκον ἐν ταῖς μυρρίναις.<br>
τέως μὲν οὖν ἀλλ’ ἡμικάκως ἐβοσκόμην.<br>
νῦν δ’ οὗτος ἐν {{#lemma: ταῖσι⟨ν⟩ | ταῖσι⟨ν⟩ Brunck : ταῖσι M}} τραγωιδίαις ποιῶν<br>
τοὺς ἄνδρας ἀναπέπεικεν οὐκ εἶναι θεούς,<br>
ὥστ’ οὐκέτ’ ἐμπολῶμεν οὐδ’ εἰς ἥμισυ.<br>

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Critylla:

For my husband died in Cyprus, leaving behind five children, whom I scarcely managed to feed by making garlands in the myrtle-wreath market. During that time I kept myself more or less. But now this poet has persuaded men by his tragedies that gods don’t exist, so that I’m not even selling half what I sold before.

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