Stories from Plato and other classic writers : Hesiod, Homer, Aristophanes, Ovid, Catullus, and Pliny (1896)
Burt, Mary E. (Mary Elizabeth), 1850-1918 · Boston : Ginn & Company · leaf 62
tosliaj)e. The mud-larks and thesand-martins mixed mortar, andthe water-birds brought water tosoften the mortar. The crows andpigeons helj)ed the masons; andthe geese, all barefoot, trampleddown tlie mortar and put it intohods, while an army of ducksclimbed up the ladders with thehods, and used… … finished they put jackdaws uponthe towers to watch over the cityand catch any of the messengersfrom the gods who might be sentdoAvn to earth to demand sacrificesof men. STORIES FROM PLATO It was not long before a mes-senger appeared in sight. Thebeautiful Iris with her rainbow-robes came flying…
Plato · Children's stories, Greek
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