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Book IX, 767: On a Draught-board
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Seated by this table made of pretty stones, you will start the pleasant game of dice-rattling. Neither be elated when you win, nor put out when you are beaten, blaming the little die. For even in small things the character of a man is revealed, and the dice proclaim the depth of his good sense.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 767: On a Draught-board.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/74/.
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Scholasticus, Agathias. “Book IX, 767: On a Draught-board.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/agathias/74/.
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