Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology by Anonymous
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Eudemus dedicates this shrine in the fields to Zephyrus, most
bountiful of the winds, who came to aid him at his prayer, that he might right quickly winnow the grain from the ripe ears. XXXV TO PAN OF THE FOUNTAIN AUTHOR UNKNOWN We supplicate Pan, the goer on the cliffs, twy-horned leader of the Nymphs, who abides in this house of rock, to be gracious to us, whosoever come to this spring of ever-flowing drink to rid us of our thirst. XXXVI TO PAN AND THE NYMPHS ANYTE To Pan the bristly-haired, and the Nymphs of the farm-yard, Theodotus the shepherd laid this gift under the crag, because they stayed him when very weary under the parching summer, stretching out to him honey-sweet water in their hands. XXXVII TO THE SHEPHERD-GOD THEOCRITUS White-skinned Daphnis, the player of pastoral hymns on his fair pipe, |
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