Social Commentaries
The Empty Jar (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
Xenophon the wine-bibber dedicates an empty jar to thee, Bacchus; receive it graciously, for it is all he has.
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MLA
Scholasticus, Eratosthenes. “The Empty Jar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/eratosthenes-scholasticus/1/.
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Scholasticus, Eratosthenes. “The Empty Jar (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/eratosthenes-scholasticus/1/.
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