Religion
Book XIV, 34: Oracle on Tyre given to the Byzantines
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
There is a certain city which is an island having blood named from a plant, holding both an isthmus and a strait over against the continent. There is blood from my land and blood of Cecrops together with it. There Hephaestus enjoys the possession of grey-eyed Athena. Thither I bid you send a sacrifice to Heracles.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 34: Oracle on Tyre given to the Byzantines.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/835/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 34: Oracle on Tyre given to the Byzantines.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/835/.
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