Social Commentaries
Fragments of the Mimes
Translated by A. D. Knox (1929) · From Herodes, Cercidas and the Greek Choliambic Poets (Loeb, 1929)
X
Or ‘brassfly’ or ‘pot’ playeth he, or tying threads to cockchafers robbeth my distaff of flax.
XI
Sin ‘tis no light task to find a habitaunce that liveth sans ills: but whoso hath least thereof him reckon to fare better than another.
XII (Molpinos)
Gryllus, Gryllus, when hast entered lifes sixtieth lap, die and become ashes : for blind is the lap that follows, seeing that lifes ray is dimmed.
XIII (Factory Girls)
Clinging like limpet to rocks
Codex Note
Knox's Smaller Fragments X-XIII, quoted by Stobaeus and Athenaeus; X and XI may belong to Mime IX.
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Herodas (Herodes). “Fragments of the Mimes.” Translated by A. D. Knox. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/herodas/9/.
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Herodas (Herodes). “Fragments of the Mimes.” Translated by A. D. Knox. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/herodas/9/.
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