Religion
Book VI, 242
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
On the long-desired morn we offer this sacrifice to Zeus Teleius and Artemis who soothes the pangs of child-bed. For to them did my brother while yet beardless vow to offer the first spring-bloom that clothes the cheeks of young men. Accept it, ye gods, and from this season of his tender beard lead Eucleides straight on to the season of grey hairs.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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