Social Commentaries
Book XI, 109
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Little Demetrius has not wherewith to stoop, but always lies flat on the ground trying to get up.
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