Social Commentaries
On the Spectacles, 10 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
A treacherous lion had with ungrateful fang wounded his master, daring to violate hands so familiar; but a penalty fitted to a crime so great he paid; and he that would not brook stripes brooked the steel. What manners befit men under such a Prince who bids the nature of wild beasts to grow more mild!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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