Religion
Book VI, 81
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
Lysimachus, who has now exchanged his armour for an old man’s staff, presents to Ares his oxhide shield, the protector of his body, his spear that often tasted the entrails of his feces, his coat of mail that warded off missiles from his breast, and his helmet with thick horse-hair plume.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Silentiary, Paul the. “Book VI, 81.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paulus-silentiarius/47/.
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