Living
Book IX, 318
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
Dear Hermes, whose are this hillside rich in fennel and chervil, and this goat-pasture? Be kind both to the gatherer of herbs and to the goatherd, and thou shalt have thy share of both the herbs and the milk.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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