Living
Epigram XVI
Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White (1914) · From Homerica (Loeb, 1914)
Living
If you will give us anything (well). But if not, we will not wait, for we are not come here to dwell with you.
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Codex Note
Attributed to Homer in antiquity.
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Homer. “Epigram XVI.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/16/.
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Homer. “Epigram XVI.” Translated by Hugh G. Evelyn-White. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/homer/16/.
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