Religion
Book VI, 126
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Nor idly did Hyllus the son of Polyttus, the stout Cretan warrior, blazon on his shield the Gorgon, that turns men to stone, and the three legs. This is what they seem to tell his foes: “O thou who brandishest thy spear against my shield, look not on me, and fly with three legs from the swift-footed man.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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