Social Commentaries
Book XI, 245
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
The sides of the ship, Diophantes, let in all the waves, and through the ports ocean enters; and we see Swimming in your ship herds of dolphins and the bright children of Nereus. But if we wait longer someone will soon be sailing inside this our ship, for there is no more water left in the sea.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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