Religion
Book VI, 47
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Bitto dedicated to Athene her melodious loom-comb, implement of the work that was her scanty livelihood, saying, ‘‘ Hail, goddess, and take this; for I, a widow in my fortieth year, forswear thy gifts and on the contrary take to the works of Cypris; I see that the wish is stronger than age.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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