Social Commentaries
Book V, Epigram 50 (Ker)
Translated by Walter C. A. Ker (1919–20) · From Epigrams (Loeb, 1919–20)
If, as often as I dine at home, I have not invited you, Charopinus, immediately you become my deadly enemy, and you would wish to run me through with a drawn sword if you discover that my kitchen fire has been aglow without you as guest. Cannot I then, not even once in a way, hoodwink you? Nothing is more insatiable, Charopinus, than this gluttony of yours. Cease, I pray, by now to watch my kitchen, and let my cook occasionally cheat you!
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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