Arts & Sciences
Book XIV, 117
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
A. Where are thy apples gone, my child? B. Ino has two-sixths and Semele one-eighth, and Autonoe went off with one-fourth, while Agave snatched from my bosom and carried away a fifth. For thee ten apples are left, but I, yes I swear it by dear Cypris, have only this one.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Solution: There were 120.
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