Social Commentaries
Book XI, 189
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Apollophanes the tragedian sold for five obols the stage property of five gods, the club of Heracles, Tisiphone’s instruments of terror, the trident of Poseidon, the shield of Athena, and the quiver of Artemis. “And the gods that sit beside Zeus ” were stripped to get a few coppers to buy a little bread and wine.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 189.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/69/.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 189.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/69/.
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