Religion
Book XIII, 25
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Religion
For Demeter of Thermopylae, to whom Acrisius of Argos built this temple, and for her daughter under earth, did Timodemus of Naucratis place here these gifts, a tithe of his gains; for so he had vowed.
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Codex Note
Paton’s metre label: ‘The first verse of the last doubled and followed by an epode consisting of a tetrameter exceeding a hexameter by one syllable’.
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Callimachus. “Book XIII, 25.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/69/.
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Callimachus. “Book XIII, 25.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callimachus/69/.
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