Social Commentaries
The World's Revenge (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
In a company where all were drunk, Acindynus must needs be sober; and so he seemed himself the one drunk man there.
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MLA
Lucian. “The World's Revenge (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/40/.
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Lucian. “The World's Revenge (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucian/40/.
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