Social Commentaries
Book XI, 404
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Diophantes with the hydrocele, when he wants to cross to the other side, never gets into the ferry-boat, but putting all his packages and his donkey on the hydrocele, sails across hoisting a sheet. So that in vain have the Tritons glory in the waters if a man with a hydrocele can do the same.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lucian. “Book XI, 404.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/21/.
Chicago
Lucian. “Book XI, 404.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/21/.
Read this poem with the Codex →