Social Commentaries
Book XI, 217
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
To avoid suspicion, Apollophanes married and walked as a bridegroom through the middle of the market, saying, “To-morrow at once I will have a child.” Then when to-morrow came he appeared carrying the suspicion instead of a child.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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