Religion
Book VI, 282
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
To thee, Hermes, did Calliteles suspend his felt hat made of well-carded sheep’s wool, his double pin, his strigil, his unstrung bow, his worn chlamys soaked with sweat, his arrows, and the ball he never tired of throwing. Accept, I pray thee, friend of youth, these gifts, the souvenirs of a well-conducted adolescence.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Ascribed to Theodorus.
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