Religion
Book VI, 233
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
The bit that rattles in the teeth, the constraining muzzle pierced on both sides, the well-sewn curb-strap that presses on the jaw, also this correcting whip which urges to violent speed, the crooked biting “epipselion,” ! the bloody pricks of the spur and the scraping saw-like curry-comb iron-bound —these, Isthmian Poseidon, who delightest in the roar of the waves on both shores, are the gifts thou hast from Stratius.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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