Religion
Book VI, 61
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
O heavenly razor, happy razor with which Pamphile shore her plaited tresses to dedicate them. It was no human smith that wrought thee, but beside the forge of Hephaestus the bright-snooded Grace (to use Homer’s words) took up the golden hammer and fashioned thee with her own hands.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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