Living
Book X, 48
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
It is a proverb, that no woman who has been a slave should ever become a mistress. I will tell you something similar. ‘ Let no man who has been an advocate ever become a judge, not even if he be a greater orator than Isocrates. For how can a man who has served for hire in a fashion no more respectable than a whore judge a case otherwise than dirtily?”’
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book X, 48.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/60/.
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