Social Commentaries
The Lifeboat (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Social Commentaries
Philo had a boat, the Salvation, but not Zeus himself, I believe, can be safe in her; for she was salvation in name only, and those who got on board her used either to go aground or to go underground.
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Nicarchus. “The Lifeboat (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/52/.
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Nicarchus. “The Lifeboat (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/nicarchus/52/.
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