Social Commentaries
Book XI, 400
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Hail, Grammar, giver of life! Hail, thou whose cure for famine is “Sing, O goddess, the wrath” Men should build a splendid temple to thee, too, and an altar never lacking sacrifice. “For the ways are full of thee, and the sea and its harbours are full of thee,” Grammar, the hostess of all.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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