Social Commentaries
Book XI, 87
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
The house five fathoms long had room for tall Timomachus if he always lay on the floor ; but if he ever wanted to stand, his slaves had to bore a hole in the roof in the morning five feet by five.
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