Religion
Book VI, 234
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
The long-haired priest of Rhea, the newly gelded, the dancer from Lydian ‘Tmolus whose shriek is heard afar, dedicates, now he rests from his frenzy, to the solemn Mother who dwells by the banks of Sangarius these tambourines, his scourge armed with bones, these noisy brazen cymbals, and a scented lock of his hair.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Ascribed to Erycius.
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