Social Commentaries
Book XI, 363
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Gone is the honour of the Alexandrians and Moschus, Ptolemaeus’ son, has won glory among the young men in the torch-race, Moschus, Ptolemaeus’ son! Woe for my city! And where are his mother’s deeds of shame and her public prostitution? Where are the ... Where are the pigsties? Bring forth, ye whores, bring forth, persuaded by Moschus’ crown.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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