Social Commentaries
Book XI, 313
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
One, bidding me to a banquet, killed me with silver hunger, serving famished dishes. And in wrath I spoke amid the silver sheen of hunger: “ Where is the plenty of my earthenware dishes?”
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 313.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/115/.
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