Religion
Book VI, 2
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Religion
This bow, resting from tearful war, hangs here under the roof of Athene’s temple. Often mid the roar of battle, in the struggle of men, was it washed in the blood of Persian cavaliers.
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