Social Commentaries
Book XI, 209
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Even if thou removest thy neighbour’s boundaries till thou reachest the Pillars of Heracles, a portion of earth equal to that of all men awaits thee, and thou shalt lie like Irus, with no more than an obol on thee, dissolving into the earth that is no more thine.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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