Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, ed. Poems of Places: An Anthology in 31 Volumes.
Greece and Turkey in Europe: Vol. XIX. 1876–79. | | | | Greece: Corinth | | On the Destruction of Corinth | | Polystratus (c. 146 B.C.) |
| | Translated by J. H. Merivale
ACHÆAN Acrocorinth, the bright star | |
| Of Hellas with its narrow Isthmian bound, | |
| Lucius o’ercame; in one enormous mound | |
| Piling the dead, conspicuous from afar. | |
| Thus, to the Greeks denying funeral fires, | 5 |
| Have great Æneas’ later progeny | |
| Performed high Jove’s retributive decree, | |
| And well avenged the city of their sires. | | | | |
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