Arts & Sciences
Book IX, 716
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Arts & Sciences
Myron pretended this heifer to be the work of his hands, but it was never formed in the mould, but turned into bronze owing to old age.
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