Social Commentaries
Book XI, 157
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
“Good Sir” and “Can it be?” and “Whence, sirrah, and whither?” and “ Right off” and “Goto” and “ Quite so”’ and “ Hie ye”’ and cloakie and little lock and beardie, and “ Keep your little shoulder bare”’ —that is what present-day philosophy flourishes on.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Ammianus. “Book XI, 157.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ammianus/12/.
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Ammianus. “Book XI, 157.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ammianus/12/.
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