Social Commentaries
Book XI, 286
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
“ Nothing is worse than a woman, even a good one”; and nothing is worse than a slave, even a good one. But still one requires necessary evils. Do you suppose a slave bears his master affection? A good slave would be he who broke both his legs.”
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XI, 286.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/113/.
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