Social Commentaries
Book XI, 238
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
The Cappadocians are always bad, but when they get a belt they are worse, and for the sake of gain they are the worst of all, and if once or twice they get hold of a large carriage they are as bad as bad can be for a year. I implore thee, O King, let it not be four times, lest the whole world slide to ruin, becoming cappadocianified. ' The women of Lemnos, who had killed their husbands, were afflicted by Venus with an evil odour.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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