Living
Book XI, 46
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
We are men in the evening when we drink together, but when day-break comes, we get up wild beasts preying on each other.
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Headed “Automedon of Cyzicus”.
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