Social Commentaries
Book XI, 297
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
A, How is it, mother, that thou lovest wine more than me, thy son? Give me wine to drink since once thou didst give me milk. B. My son, my milk once stilled thy thirst, but now drink water and still thy own thirst.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Paton’s heading: “On a Tippling Old Woman”.
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