Religion
Book VI, 249
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
This wax-robed candle, the rush lamp of Cronos, formed of the pith held together by a strip of thin bark,’ Antipater brings as a present to Piso; if he lights me and prays, I will give a light signifying that the god hears.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Antipater (Sidon or Thessalonica).
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