Social Commentaries
Book XI, 232
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
You were always, Polycritus, as good as gold, but now after drinking you have suddenly become a sort of rabid curse. I believe you are always wicked ; wine is the test of character; it is not now that you become wicked, but now you have been shown to be so.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Argos, Callias of. “Book XI, 232.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/callias-argos/0/.
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Argos, Callias of. “Book XI, 232.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/callias-argos/0/.