Arts & Sciences
Book XIV, 128
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
Arts & Sciences
What violence my brother has done me, dividing our father’s fortune of five talents unjustly! Poor tearful I have this fifth part of the seven-elevenths of my brother’s share. Zeus, thou sleepest sound.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Metrodorus. “Book XIV, 128.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/metrodorus/14/.
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Metrodorus. “Book XIV, 128.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/metrodorus/14/.
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