Social Commentaries
Book XI, 112
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Before he anoints your eyes, Demostratus, say “ Adieu dear light,” so successful is Dion. Not only did he blind Olympicus, but through his treatment of him put out the eyes of the portrait of himself he had.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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