Living
The Slaughter-House (Mackail)
Translated by J. W. Mackail (1890) · From Select Epigrams from the Greek Anthology (1890)
Living
We all are watched and fed for Death as a herd of swine butchered wantonly.
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MLA
Alexandria, Palladas of. “The Slaughter-House (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/166/.
Chicago
Alexandria, Palladas of. “The Slaughter-House (Mackail).” Translated by J. W. Mackail. Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/166/.
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