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SELECT EPIGRAMS FROM THE GREEK ANTHOLOGY - II

PRAYERS AND DEDICATIONS

I
TO ZEUS OF SCHERIA
JULIUS POLYAENUS

Though the terror of those who pray, and the thanks of those who have prayed, ever fill thine ears with myriad voice, O Zeus, who abidest in the holy plain of Scheria, yet hearken to us also, and bow down with a promise that lies not, that my exile now may have an end, and I may live in my native land at rest from labour of long journeys.

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