Religion
Book VI, 36
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
These trusses from the furrows of his little field did Sosicles the husbandman dedicate to thee, Demeter, who lovest the corn ; for this isa rich harvest of grain he hath gathered. But another time, too, may he bring back his sickle blunted by reaping.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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