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Social Commentaries

Book XI, 292

by Palladas of Alexandria 4th century AD

Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)

Social Commentaries

Thou, seated above the heavenly wheel, hast desired a silver wheel. Oh, infinite shame! Erst thou wast of higher station and hast straight become much lower. Ascend hither to the depths; for now thou hast descended to the heights.

This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.

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Codex Note

Paton’s heading: “On a certain Philosopher who became Prefect of Constantinople in the reign of Valentinian and Valens”.

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