Mythology & Folklore
Book XIV, 4: On the Dung of Augeas
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Heracles the mighty was questioning Augeas, seeking to learn the number of his herds, and Augeas replied: “About the streams of Alpheius, my friend, are the half of them; the eighth part pasture around the hill of Cronos, the twelfth part far away by the precinct of Taraxippus; the twentieth part feed in holy Elis, and I left the thirtieth part in Arcadia; but here you see the remaining fifty herds.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Solution: 240.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 4: On the Dung of Augeas.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/806/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 4: On the Dung of Augeas.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/806/.
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