Religion

Book VI, 151

by Anonymous (Greek Anthology) various, 7th c. BC – 10th c. AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)

Religion

Miccus of Pellene hung in the temple of Ilian Athene this deep-toned flute of Ares, the Tyrrhenian instrument by which he formerly uttered many a loud message of peace or war.

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Ascribed to Tymnus.

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