Social Commentaries
Book XI, 317
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Social Commentaries
Someone gave me a long-suffering donkey that moves backwards as much as forward ? their journey’s haven to those who ride on it; a donkey, the son of slowness, a labour, a delay, a dream,’ but first instead of last for those who are retiring.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book XI, 317.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/130/.
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