Social Commentaries
Book XI, 329
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Demonax, do not always turn down your eyes, nor indulge your tongue; the pig has a formidable thorn. And you live... and sleep in Phoenicia, and though not Semele’s son, art nourished by a thigh.
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Nicarchus. “Book XI, 329.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/34/.
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