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Book IX, 630: On the Royal Hot Baths
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
These are really the royal hot baths, for our fathers, admiring them, gave them this name. By no mortal fire is the bright water warmed, but the spring is born hot of its own accord. Nor dost thou require a cold stream for the bath, but tempered as thou dost desire it, it gushes forth.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Leontius. “Book IX, 630: On the Royal Hot Baths.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leontius/8/.
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Scholasticus, Leontius. “Book IX, 630: On the Royal Hot Baths.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/leontius/8/.
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