Religion
Book VI, 48
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Bitto dedicated to Athene her industrious loumcomb, the implement of her scanty livelihood, for then she conceived a hatred for all toil among workfolk, and for the weaver’s wretched cares. To Athene she said, “I will take to the works of Cypris, voting like Paris against thee.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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