Social Commentaries
Book XI, 422
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Bias, if he had any sense, would have hanged himself, but now, being such a fool, he both lives and grows rich even after his appearance in public.
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Codex Note
Paton’s heading: “On an Ilkterate Man speaking in Public”.
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