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Book XVI, 333: On Diogenes
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
The wallet and cloak and the barley-dough thickened with water, the staff planted before his feet, and the earthenware cup, are estimated by the wise Dog as sufficient for the needs of life, and even in these there was something superfluous; for, seeing the countryman drinking from the hollow of his hand, he said, “Why, thou earthen cup, did I burden myself with thee to no purpose?”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book XVI, 333: On Diogenes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/48/.
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Byzantium, Antiphilus of. “Book XVI, 333: On Diogenes.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/antiphilus/48/.
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