Religion
Book VI, 292
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
The snood and purple vest, and the Laconian robes, and the gold piping for the tunic, all fell to () Niconoe, for the girl was an ambrosial blossom of the Loves and Graces. ‘Therefore to Priapus, who was judge in the beauty-contest, she dedicates the fawn-skin and this golden jug.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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