Social Commentaries
Book XI, 301
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
The Sun to men is the god of light, but if he too were insolent to them in his shining, they would not desire even light.
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