Religion
Book VI, 259
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
A. Who set thee up, the beardless Hermes, by the starting point of the course? &. Hermogenes. A. Whose son? B. Daimenes’. A. From whence? B. From Antioch. A. Why did he honour thee? B. As his helper in the race. A. What race? . At Isthmus and Nemea. A. He ranthere, then? B. Yes, and came in first. A. Whom did he beat? JB. Nine other boys, and he flew as if he had my feet.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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