TO PRIAPUS, THE GARDEN-GOD.

This grove to thee devote I give, Priapus!

Who home be Lampsacus and holt, Priapus!

For thee in cities worship most the shores

Of Hellespont the richest oystery strand.

This grove I dedicate and consecrate to thee, Priapus, who hast thy home at

Lampsacus, and eke thy woodlands, Priapus; for thee especially in its

cities worships the coast of the Hellespont, richer in oysters than all

other shores.

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