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Book XIV, 2: On a Statue of Pallas

by Anonymous (Greek Anthology) various, 7th c. BC – 10th c. AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)

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I, Pallas, am of beaten gold, but the gold is the gift of lusty poets. Charisius gave half the gold, Thespis one-eighth, Solon one-tenth, and Themison one-twentieth, but the remaining nine talents and the workmanship are the gift of Aristodicus.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Codex Note

Solution: 40.

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