Verse
Works and Days
Book 1, Line 81 by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (English)
(ll. 810-813) The ninth of the mid-month improves towards evening; but the first ninth of all is quite harmless for men. It is a good day on which to beget or to be born both for a male and a female: it is never an wholly evil day.
Works and DaysBook 1, Line 81Hugh G. Evelyn-WhiteEnglishVerse permalinkRead in Book 1
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