Social Commentaries
Book XI, 108
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Conon is two cubits tall, his wife four. In bed, then, with their feet on a level, reckon where Conon’s face is.
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Codex Note
Paton’s heading: “(By some attributed to Julian the Apostate)”.
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