Social Commentaries

Book XI, 90

by Lucillius 1st century AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)

Social Commentaries

Do you know, Dionysius, that little Marcus, being angry with his father, set on end a probe and hanged himself on it.

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Lucillius. “Book XI, 90.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/21/.

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