Social Commentaries
Book XI, 107
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Chaeremon fell flat on his back, struck by a poplar leaf carried by the wind, and he lies on the ground like Tityus or rather like a caterpillar, stretching on the ground his skeleton body.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 107.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/34/.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 107.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/34/.
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