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The Idylliums of Theocritus

Translated from the Greek. With notes critical and explanatory. By Francis Fawkes

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VII. On the Statue of Æsculapius.

At fam'd Miletus, Pæon's son the wise
Arriv'd, with learned Nicias to advise,
Who to his shrine with daily offerings came,
And rais'd this cedar statue to his fame;
The cedar statue by Eëtion wrought,
Illustrious artist! for large sums he bought;
The work is finish'd to the owner's will,
For here the sculptor lavish'd all his skill.