Social Commentaries
Book XI, 255
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Snub-Nosed Memphis danced the parts of Daphne and Niobe, Daphne as if he were wooden, and Niobe as if he were of stone.
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