Living
Book IX, 74
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
I was once the field of Achaemenides and am now Menippus’, and I shall continue to pass from one man to another. For Achaemenides once thought he possessed me, and Menippus again thinks he does; but I belong to no man, only to Fortune.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 74.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/407/.
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Anonymous (Greek Anthology). “Book IX, 74.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/anonymous-greek-anthology/407/.
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