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The young Antiochene said to the king,

“In my heart there beats a single precious hope:

the Macedonians again, Antiochus Epiphanes,

the Macedonians are back in the great fight again.

If only they would win— I’ll give to anyone who wants them

the horses and the lion, the Pan made out of coral,

and the elegant mansion, and the gardens in Tyre,

and everything else you’ve given me, Antiochus Epiphanes.”

Maybe he was moved a little bit, the king.

But he recalled at once his father and his brother,

and so made no response. Some eavesdropper might

go and repeat something.— Anyway, as expected,

at Pydna there swiftly came the horrible conclusion.

[1911?; 1922; 1922]