Religion
Epigram XL (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Religion
To Demeter of the Gates, to whom Pelasgian Acrisius builded this shrine, and to her daughter under earth, Timodemus of Naucratis dedicated these gifts as a tithe of his gains. For so he vowed.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XL (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/194/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XL (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/194/.
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