Living
Book X, 62
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. IV, 1918)
Living
Fortune knows neither reason nor law, but rules men despotically, carried along without reason by her own current. She is rather inclined to favour the wicked, and hates the just, as if making a display of her unreasoning force.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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Alexandria, Palladas of. “Book X, 62.” Translated by W. R. Paton. Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/palladas/74/.
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