Social Commentaries
Book XI, 237
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
An evil viper once bit a Cappadocian, but it died itself, having tasted the venomous blood.
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