History & Politics
Book XVI, 193
Translated by W. R. Paton (1916–18) · From The Greek Anthology (Loeb, vol. V, 1918)
History & Politics
A. May I touch the kail, Cyllenian? B. No, traveller. A. Why grudge some greens? B. It is not grudging, but it is the law to keep pilfering hands from other people’s property. A. Well! that is strange. Hermes has made a new law against stealing.
This translation is printed as prose in its source edition.
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