Social Commentaries
Book XI, 210
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Aulus the soldier stops his ears when he sees charcoal or laurel, wrapping his yellow duds tight round his head, and he shudders at his own useless sword ; and if you ever say, “They are coming,” he falls flat on his back. No Polemo or Stratoclides will he approach, but always has Lysimachus for a friend.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Lucillius. “Book XI, 210.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lucillius/80/.
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