Social Commentaries
Book XI, 114
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
The astrologer Diophantus told Hermogenes the doctor that he had only nine months to live, and he, smiling, said, “ You understand what Saturn says will happen in nine months, but my treatment is more expeditious for you.”” Having said so he reached out his hand and only touched him, and Diophantus, trying to drive another to despair, himself gave his last gasp.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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