Religion
Book VI, 300
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Latonian goddess, accept these offerings from Leonidas the wanderer, the pauper, the flour-less: rich barley-cakes, olives easy to store, and this green fig from the tree. Take, too, lady, these five grapes picked from a rich cluster, and this libation of the dregs of the cup. But if,as thou hast saved me from sickness so thou savest me from hateful penury, await a sacrifice of a kid.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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