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Quotation from The Argonautica by Apollonius of Rhodes
“Be gracious, race of blessed chieftains! And may these songs year after year be sweeter to sing among men.”
The Argonautica, Book IV, closing lines, trans. R. C. Seaton (1912)
The poet's farewell to his heroes as the Argo reaches Pagasae.
Citation: "Be gracious, race of blessed chieftains! And may these songs year after year be sweeter to sing among men." — Apollonius of Rhodes, The Argonautica, Book IV, closing lines, trans. R. C. Seaton (1912). (id argonautica-q7)
Portrait: Apollonius, This has been described as an illustration from "The Universal Historical Dictionary" by George Crabb (Baldwin, 1825)., Public domain.
