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Book XIV, 95: Oracle

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

Ye fools, ye complain of all the tears that Minos sent you in his wrath for avenging Menelaus, for that the Greeks did not join you in exacting vengeance for his death in Camicus, but ye helped them to take vengeance for the woman who was carried off from Sparta by a barbarian.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 95: Oracle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/895/.

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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book XIV, 95: Oracle.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/895/.

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