Mythology & Folklore
Book IX, 523
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Mythology & Folklore
Calliope, eloquent goddess of Helicon the pasture of bees, bear me a second Homer, since a second Achilles has come.
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