Religion
Book VI, 270
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
The head-kerchief and water-blue veil of Amphareta rest on thy head, Ilithyia ; for them she vowed to thee when she prayed thee to keep dreadful death far away from her in her labour.
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