Social Commentaries
Book XI, 380
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
The high-born virgin Justice, patroness of cities, ‘does not turn her face away from gold that is associated with piety, but the very scales of Zeus with which he weighs every law of life are of solid gold. “Then did the Father hold out the scales of gold,” if thou hast not forgotten the beauties of Homer.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
Codex Note
Paton’s heading: “(A Reply to App. Plan. No. 314, which should be read Jirst)”.
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