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Book IX, 114
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
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A child was peeping down from the very edge of a high tiled roof (Death has no fears for little children), when its mother from behind turned away its attention by showing it her breast. Thus one fount of milk twice beoowed life on her child.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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