Religion
Book VI, 301
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Euphemus dedicated to the Samothracian gods? his salt-cellar, by eating much plain salt out of which he escaped dreadful storms of debts. “great gods,’ he said, “according to my vow I dedicate this here, saved from the brine.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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