Religion
Book VI, 141
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
The shield that saved Python from the dread battle-din hangs in the precinct of Athene.
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Paton heads this group of epigrams “Attributed to Anacreon”.
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