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A DEDICATION TO ATHENE by AULUS LICINIUS ARCHIAS

First Line: SATYRE, HERACLEIA, EUPHRO, THREE
Last Line: POORLY AND LONG THY SERVANTS, ARE THEIR GIFT.

SATYRE, Heracleia, Euphro, three
Samians, to Xouthos born and Melite:
One brings a rod and distaff long with her,
Swift servant of the threaded gossamer;
The next her comb, whose murmuring ministerings
Make raiment rich; the last a wool-tray brings.
These tools Athene queen, by which have lived
Poorly and long thy servants, are their gift.



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