Social Commentaries
Book XI, 371
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Do not invite me to witness your hunger-laden dishes, bringing me pumpkin pie to feast on. We don’t eat the solid silver you set before us, defrauding with famine fare the poor trenchers. Seek those who are keeping their fast for your display of silver, and then you will be admired for your lightly loaded plate.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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