Religion

Book XIV, 93: Another

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

Pallas may not appease the wrath of Olympian Zeus, beseeching him with many words and subtle counsel. And this word I will tell thee again, setting it in adamant. For when all else is taken that the boundary of Cecrops and the dell of divine Cithaeron contain, a wooden wall doth far-seeing Zeus give to Athena the Trito-born, to remain alone unstormed, and that shall profit thee and thy children. Abide not in quiet the horsemen and the great host of footmen that cometh from the land, but turn thy back and give way: yet there shall come a day when thou shalt stand and meet them. O divine Salamis, thou shalt be the death of the children of women, either when Demeter is cast abroad or when she is gathered in.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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