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On a Village near Smyrna
οἷον ἔτλης καὶ τοῦτον, Ἀγακλείδη, μέγαν ἆθλον,
— Paton edition
θυμῷ τολμητῇ κῦδος ἄριστον ἑλών
νύμφης ἀρχαίης Βάσσης πολυκαγκέα χώρην
ὕδασι καὶ λουτροῖς θῆκας ἀφνειοτέρην:
What a great and laborious work is this, too, that
— Paton edition
thou hast achieved, Agaclides, gaining great glory
by thy daring ! Thou hast enriched this parched land
of the ancient Nymph Bassa with water and baths.
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