Religion
Book XIV, 91: Another
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Glaucus, son of Epicydes, thus it profits more for the moment, to win by perjury and to plunder wealth. Swear, for death awaits also the man who keeps his sworn word, but Oath hath a nameless child; neither hands nor feet hath he, but swiftly he pursues, till he catches and destroys the race and all the house. But the race of a man who abides by his oath fares better in after generations.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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