Social Commentaries
Book XI, 184
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
From the Hesperides’ Garden of Zeus, Meniscus, as Heracles did formerly, carried off three golden apples. Well, what happened ? When he was caught he became a famous spectacle for all, burning alive, like Heracles of old.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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