Religion
To Heracles, with a Shield (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Religion
Receive me, O Heracles, the consecrated shield of Archestratus, that leaning against thy polished portico, I may grow old in hearing of dances and hymns; let the War-God's hateful strife be satisfied.
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Hegesippus. “To Heracles, with a Shield (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hegesippus/8/.
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Hegesippus. “To Heracles, with a Shield (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hegesippus/8/.
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