Social Commentaries
Book XI, 207
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
You eat as much as five wolves, Gamus, and you hand to your slave behind you all that is over, not only your own portion, but that of those round you. But come to-morrow with your slave’s basket, and bring sawdust and a sponge and a broom.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 207.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/78/.
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