Social Commentaries
Book XI, 220
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Avoid the mouth of Alphaeus; he loves the bosom of Arethusa, falling headlong into the salt sea.
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