"There is much tenderness and beauty in many of the poems, but the writers wrote in a language which they did not command, but by which they were commanded, as all who try to write ancient Greek are."
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On the "late" poems from the Cycle of Agathias, "made in the age of Justinian". The Greek Anthology, vol. 1 (London: William Heinemann, 1916) Preface, pp. v–vi
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William Roger Paton
William Roger Paton (9 February 1857 – 21 April 1921), usually cited as W. R. Paton, was a Scottish author and translator of ancient Greek texts, mostly known for his translation of the Greek Anthology.
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