Religion
Book VI, 77
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Xenophon, the toper, dedicates his empty cask to thee, Bacchus. Receive it kindly, for it is all he has.
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Codex Note
Ascribed to Eratosthenes Scholasticus.
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