Social Commentaries
Book XI, 200
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Zenogenes house was on fire, and he was toiling sore in his efforts to let himself down from a window. By fixing planks together he could not reach far enough, but at length, when it struck him, he set Antimachus’ nose as a ladder and escaped.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Leonidas of. “Book XI, 200.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/leonidas-alexandria/32/.
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