Religion
To Artemis of the Ways (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Thou of the Ways, to thee Antiphilus dedicates this hat from his own head, a voucher of his wayfaring; for thou wast gracious to his prayers, wast favouring to his paths; and his thank-offering is small indeed but sacred. Let not any greedy traveller's hand snatch our gift; sacrilege is not safe even in little things.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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MLA
Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “To Artemis of the Ways (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/51/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “To Artemis of the Ways (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/51/.
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