Religion
Book IX, 90: To Poseidon
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Religion
Lord of horses, who hast dominion over the swift ships and the great precipitous rock of Euboea, grant a fair passage as far as the city of Ares! to thy suppliants who loosed their moorings from Syria.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Mitylene, Alpheius of. “Book IX, 90: To Poseidon.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheius/1/.
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Mitylene, Alpheius of. “Book IX, 90: To Poseidon.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/alpheius/1/.
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