Mythology & Folklore
Book XVI, 123
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
No, by Heracles the ox-eater, ye country lads, no longer shall wily wolves set their feet here, and thieves shall refuse to tread the path of pilfering, even if the villagers lie in imprudent sleep. For Dionysius withal, not without a vow, hath set me, Heracles, here to be the place’s good defender.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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