Living
Book IX, 80
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. III, 1917)
Living
Ye prophets who explore the paths of the stars, out on you, ye false professors of a futile science ! Folly brought you to the birth, and Rashness was your mother, ye poor wretches, who know not even your own disrepute.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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