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Book XIV, 78: An Oracle of the Pythia

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)

Religion

There is a city of Arcadia, Tegea, in a level land, where two winds blow by strong compulsion, and there is beating and beating back, and woe lies on woe. There the life-giving earth holds the son of Agamemnon. Bring him home to thee and thou shalt be master of Tegea.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 78: An Oracle of the Pythia.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/878/.

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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 78: An Oracle of the Pythia.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/878/.

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