Living
Book IX, 514
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
I am the god who is always chanted in the chambers of brides, and Menis, the comic actor, polished me well for the wedding of newly-married Procilla, and sent me with this prayer: “Go, Hymenaeus, in friendly wise, to both bride and bridegroom.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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