Religion
Book VI, 284
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Philaenion, by sleeping secretly in Agamedes’ bosom, wrought for herself the grey robe. Cypris herself was the weaver; but may women’s well-spun thread and spindles lie idle in the work-basket.
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