Social Commentaries
The Fortunate Painter (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
Eutychus the portrait-painter got twenty sons, and never got one likeness, even among his children.
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Lucillius. “The Fortunate Painter (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/128/.
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Lucillius. “The Fortunate Painter (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/128/.
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