Social Commentaries

Book XI, 179

by Lucillius 1st century AD

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

Social Commentaries

If Dio had feet like his hands, Dio, and Hermes no longer, would be distinguished among men as winged.

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Lucillius. “Book XI, 179.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/65/.

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