Religion
Epigram LIV (Mair)
Translated by A. W. Mair (1921) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1921)
Religion
Even so again, Eilethyia, come thou when Lycaenis calls, to bless her pains with easy birth; so may thy fragrant shrine have, as now this offering for a girl, some other offering hereafter for a boy.
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Callimachus. “Epigram LIV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/208/.
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Callimachus. “Epigram LIV (Mair).” Translated by A. W. Mair. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/208/.
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