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Hermes
“
Hermes, dear Hermes, Maia's son from Kyllene,
I pray to you, for I'm frozen and I shiver.
Give Hipponax a woolen overcoat, a Persian
cape, some sandals and felt slippers,
and sixty gold staters for his inner wall.
Give Hipponax a woolen overcoat. I tell you,
his teeth are rattling in his head!
But from you never even a shabby coat against the very cold
or slippers to keep my toes from freezing.
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