Social Commentaries
Hermogenes (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
Little Hermogenes, when he lets anything fall on the ground, has to drag it down to him with a hook at the end of a pole.
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Lucillius. “Hermogenes (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/130/.
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Lucillius. “Hermogenes (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/130/.
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