BOOK I. ii6 119 UG.— SAMLS As a i;if"l ti) thcf, Heracles, sacUt r ol" OrilidUicnus, ilid Pliilip dedicate tliis, the smoolli hide, with its horns, of the loud-l)ellovini»- bull, whose nloiyini; insolence he quenched in the ioul;;!! fool-hills of Orbelus. Let envy pine away ; but thy t'lory is increased, in that from thy race sprang the Beroean lord of Macedon. 117.— PANCR AXES The hammer from the fire, with the pliers and tongs, is consecrated to thee, Hephaestus, the gift of Polycrates, w ith which often beating on his anvil he gained substance for his children, driving away doleful poverty. 118.— ANTIPATER The lyre, the bow, and the intricate nets are dedicated to Phoebus by Sosis, Phila and Polycrates. The archer dedicated the horn bow, she, the musician, the tortoise-shell lyre, the hunter his nets. Let the first be supreme in archery, let her be supreme in playing, and let the last be first among huntsmen. 119.— MOREO OF BYZANTIUM Cluster, full of the juice of Dionysus, thou restest under the roof of Aphrodite's golden chamber : no 3 longer shall the vine, thy mother, cast her lovely branch around thee, and put forth above thy head her sweet leaves. 363
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