Social Commentaries
Book XI, 334
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Someone, hearing that “ Damagoras”’ and “ pestilence” were numerical equivalents, weighed the character of both from the beam of the balance. But the scale, when raised, was pulled down on Damagoras’ side, and he found pestilence lighter.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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