Social Commentaries

Book XI, 235

by Demodocus 5th century BC (Paton’s date)

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)

Social Commentaries

This, too, is by Demodocus : “ The Chians are bad, not one bad and another not, but all bad except Procles, and Procles is a Chian.”

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Demodocus. “Book XI, 235.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/demodocus/0/.

Chicago

Demodocus. “Book XI, 235.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/demodocus/0/.

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