See also pi 909.
[1] An abridgement of Greek Anthology 6.286.1-2 (Leonidas of Tarentum), three girls dedicate their embroidered work to Artemis; cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 120) and (vol. II, 349-350). Also quoted (with identical abridgement) at beta 311. The woman's name Bittion occurs again at 6.287, a poem by Antipater of Sidon emulating this poem (see n. 2). As Gow-Page point out, this name is unattested elsewhere, as is Bitie, another name used in both poems (vol. II, 349). This apparently led W.R. Paton, in his Loeb translation (452-453), to interpret *bitti/on as an adjectival derivative of the name Bitto, which is attested at (e.g.) Greek Anthology 5.207.1. As a result he translates here, "... was Bitto's work." Yet in his translation of the Antipater epigram he allows "Bittion" to stand on its own as a name, which is surely more likely in both instances (453).
[2] Greek Anthology 6.287.1-2 (Antipater of Sidon); cf. Gow and Page (vol. I, 28-29) and (vol. II, 76-77). The three women are called Bitie, Bittion (see preceding note), and Antianeira.