Religion
Book VI, 224
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. I, 1916)
Shell, labyrinth of the deep, tell me who found thee, a booty won from the gray sea, and dedicated thee here.—Dionysius son of Protarchus dedicated me as a plaything for the Nymphs of the grotto. Iam a gift from the holy Pelorian coast, and the waves of the winding channel cast me ashore to be the plaything of the sleek Nymphs of the grotto.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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