Religion
Epigram XLVIII (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Religion
The salt-cellar, whereon, by eating frugal salt for relish, he escaped the mighty storms of debt, Eudemus dedicated to the gods of Samothrace, saying, According to my vow, O people, saved from salt, I dedicated this here.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XLVIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/202/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram XLVIII (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/202/.
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