To Demeter and the Seasons, Zonas
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Introduction
CHAPTER II
PRAYERS AND DEDICATIONS
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XXXI
TO DEMETER AND THE SEASONS
ZONAS
To Demeter of the winnowing-fan and the Seasons whose feet are in the furrows Heronax lays here from the poverty of a small tilth their share of ears from the threshing-floor, and these mixed seeds of pulse on a slabbed table, the least of a little; for no great inheritance is this he has gotten him, here on the barren hill.
To the Corn Goddess, Philippus
XXXII
TO THE CORN GODDESS
PHILIPPUS
Those handfuls of corn from the furrows of a tiny field, Demeter lover of wheat, Sosicles the tiller dedicates to thee, having reaped now an abundant harvest; but again likewise may he carry back his sickle blunted from shearing of the straw.
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To the Gods of the Farm
XXXIII
TO THE GODS OF THE FARM
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
To Pan of the goats and fruitful Dionysus and Demeter Lady of Earth I dedicate a common offering, and beseech of them fair fleeces and fair wine and fair fruit of the corn-ears in my reaping.
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To the West Wind, Bacchylides
XXXIV
TO THE WEST WIND
BACCHYLIDES
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.
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To Pan of the Fountain
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.
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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.
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XXXVII
TO THE SHEPHERD-GOD
THEOCRITUS
White-skinned Daphnis, the player of pastoral hymns on his fair pipe, offers these to Pan, the pierced reeds, the stick for throwing at hares, a sharp javelin and a fawn-skin, and the scrip wherein once he carried apples.
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XXXVIII TO PAN, BY A HUNTER, A FOWLER, AND A FISHER
ARCHIAS
To thee, Pan of the cliff, three brethren dedicate these various gifts of their threefold ensnaring; Damis toils for wild beasts, and Pigres springes for birds, and Cleitor nets that swim in the sea; whereof do thou yet again make the one fortunate in the air, and the one in the sea and the one among the oakwoods.
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XXXIX
TO ARTEMIS OF THE OAKWOOD
MNASALCAS
This to thee, Artemis the bright, this statue Cleonymus set up; do thou overshadow this oakwood rich in game, where thou goest afoot, our lady, over the mountain tossing with foliage as thou hastest with thy terrible and eager hounds.
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XL
TO THE GODS OF THE CHASE
CRINAGORAS
Fountained caverns of the Nymphs that drip so much water down this jagged headland, and echoing hut of pine-coronalled Pan, wherein he dwells under the feet of the rock of Bassae, and stumps of aged juniper sacred among hunters, and stone-heaped seat of Hermes, be gracious and receive the spoils of the swift stag-chase from Sosander prosperous in hunting.
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The Greek Anthology
Introduction
CHAPTER II
PRAYERS AND DEDICATIONS
Chapter II Part I | Part II | Part III | Part IV | Part V
XXXI
TO DEMETER AND THE SEASONS
ZONAS
To Demeter of the winnowing-fan and the Seasons whose feet are in the furrows Heronax lays here from the poverty of a small tilth their share of ears from the threshing-floor, and these mixed seeds of pulse on a slabbed table, the least of a little; for no great inheritance is this he has gotten him, here on the barren hill.
To the Corn Goddess, Philippus
XXXII
TO THE CORN GODDESS
PHILIPPUS
Those handfuls of corn from the furrows of a tiny field, Demeter lover of wheat, Sosicles the tiller dedicates to thee, having reaped now an abundant harvest; but again likewise may he carry back his sickle blunted from shearing of the straw.
The Greek Anthology
To the Gods of the Farm
XXXIII
TO THE GODS OF THE FARM
AUTHOR UNKNOWN
To Pan of the goats and fruitful Dionysus and Demeter Lady of Earth I dedicate a common offering, and beseech of them fair fleeces and fair wine and fair fruit of the corn-ears in my reaping.
The Greek Anthology
To the West Wind, Bacchylides
XXXIV
TO THE WEST WIND
BACCHYLIDES
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.
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To Pan of the Fountain
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.
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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.
The Greek Anthology
XXXVII
TO THE SHEPHERD-GOD
THEOCRITUS
White-skinned Daphnis, the player of pastoral hymns on his fair pipe, offers these to Pan, the pierced reeds, the stick for throwing at hares, a sharp javelin and a fawn-skin, and the scrip wherein once he carried apples.
The Greek Anthology
XXXVIII TO PAN, BY A HUNTER, A FOWLER, AND A FISHER
ARCHIAS
To thee, Pan of the cliff, three brethren dedicate these various gifts of their threefold ensnaring; Damis toils for wild beasts, and Pigres springes for birds, and Cleitor nets that swim in the sea; whereof do thou yet again make the one fortunate in the air, and the one in the sea and the one among the oakwoods.
The Greek Anthology
XXXIX
TO ARTEMIS OF THE OAKWOOD
MNASALCAS
This to thee, Artemis the bright, this statue Cleonymus set up; do thou overshadow this oakwood rich in game, where thou goest afoot, our lady, over the mountain tossing with foliage as thou hastest with thy terrible and eager hounds.
The Greek Anthology
XL
TO THE GODS OF THE CHASE
CRINAGORAS
Fountained caverns of the Nymphs that drip so much water down this jagged headland, and echoing hut of pine-coronalled Pan, wherein he dwells under the feet of the rock of Bassae, and stumps of aged juniper sacred among hunters, and stone-heaped seat of Hermes, be gracious and receive the spoils of the swift stag-chase from Sosander prosperous in hunting.
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