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Book XIV, 134
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
O woman, how hast thou forgotten Poverty? But she presses hard on thee, goading thee ever by force to labour. Thou didst use to spin a mina’s weight of wool in a day, but thy eldest daughter spun a mina and one-third of thread, while thy younger daughter contributed a half-mina’s weight. Now thou providest them all with supper, weighing out one mina only of wool.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Metrodorus. “Book XIV, 134.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/metrodorus/16/.
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