Religion
Book VI, 276
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Hippe, the maiden, has put up her abundant curly hair, brushing it from her perfumed temples, for the solemn time when she must wed has come, and I the snood that used to rest there require in my wearer the grace of virginity. But, Artemis, in thy lovingkindness grant to Lycomedes’ child, who has bidden farewell to her knuckle-bones, both a husband and children.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Antipater (Sidon or Thessalonica).
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