Religion
Book VI, 273
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Artemis, lady of Delos and lovely Ortygia, lay by thy stainless bow in the bosom of the Graces, wash thee clean in Inopus, and come to Locri to deliver Alcetis from the hard pangs of childbirth. ? A Lesbian Artemis, dedications to whom we possess.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Codex Note
Paton heads this “Like Nossis” and lists it under Nossis with a query.
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